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April 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act. NFHA celebrates this milestone with 40 events throughout the year.

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Fair Housing Resources

This page contains a variety of fair housing resources for individuals and organizations including important cases, statutes and regulations and links to other sources for information and assistance.

If you believe you have been a victim of discrimination in a rental, real estate, mortgage lending or homeowners insurance transaction or if you have been a victim of sexual or other harassment where you live, please locate and contact the fair housing organization nearest you. You may also file a complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. There is no fee for filing a housing discrimination complaint.

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Fair Housing Jobs

Fair Housing and Related Laws

Title	Description	Size (Kb)
Community Reinvestment Act	CRA is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate.	Unknown	Download
Equal Credit Opportunity Act	ECOA protects you during all aspects of a credit transaction.	Unknown	Download
Fair Housing Act	Text of The Fair Housing Act	140.29	Download
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act	HMDA requires lending institutions to report public loan data.	Unknown	Download
Truth in Lending Act	TILA promotes informed consumer credit use by requirings institutions to disclose certain information to the consumer.	Unknown	Download
Fair Housing Regulations	The Fair Housing regulations as published in the Federal Register.	10,090.65	Download

Precedent-Setting Fair Housing Cases

Title	Category	Size (Kb)
Meyer v. Holley	Fair Housing Cases	91.88	Download
Jones v. Mayer	Fair Housing Cases	2,305.69	Download
Trafficante v. Metropolitan	Fair Housing Cases	340.09	Download
Meyer v. Holley-Schwemm Memo	Fair Housing Cases	37.38	Download
HUD v. Ocean Sands	Fair Housing Cases	531.62	Download
Chicago v. Matchmaker	Fair Housing Cases	1,346.01	Download
Angelique Strong v. Chatsford Manor	Fair Housing Cases	576.46	Download
Havens v. Coleman	Fair Housing Cases	948.55	Download
Community Improvement v. City of Modesto	Fair Housing Cases	2,299.51	Download

Fair Housing Research

Title	Description
Coast to Coast, Declining Home Prices and Rising Foreclosures Will Cost U.S. Families Over $2.6 Trillion	Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), recently released reports showing that the subprime foreclosure crisis could cost over $2.6 TRILLION in household wealth from record numbers of foreclosures and falling home prices.	Download
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Case Against AG Spanos Construction Co.	Last summer the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Fair Housing of Marin, Fair Housing Napa Valley, Metro Fair Housing and the Fair Housing Continuum filed one of the country's largest design and construction accessibility cases brought under the FHA.	Download
Losing Ground	This report from the Center for Responsible Lending predicts that millions of American households will lost their homes to foreclosure in the subprime mortgage market.	Download
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. et al.,	The City of Baltimore alleges that Wells Fargo Bank intentionally targeted Baltimore’s minority communities for predatory loans with discriminatory and unfair terms.The City is represented by Relman & Dane, PLLC.	Download
Rep. Frank to Discuss State of Fair Housing with National, Local Leaders & Discrimination Victims	Rep. Frank Joins National and Local Leaders, Victim of Housing Discrimination to Discuss State of Fair Housing. Fair Housing Act Remains Least Enforced Civil Rights Law after 40 Years.	Download
Subprime Spillover	This report from the Center for Responsible Lending addresses the effect of foreclosures on communities in terms of lower property values and reduced tax base.	Download
The Subprime Lending Crisis: The Economic Impact on Wealth, Property Values and Tax Revenues, and How We Got Here	The Joint Economic Committee report is the first of its kind to project economic costs on a state-by-state basis from the third quarter of 2007 through 2009.	Download

Fight Hate

Title	Description
Fight Hate Rapid Response Strategy	Steps for providing immediate assistance to victims of housing related hate activity.	Download
Fight Hate Guide	A Prevention and Response Guide for America's Neighborhoods.	Download

NFHA Trends Reports

Title	Category	Size (Kb)
2008	Trends Reports	4,099.16	Download
2007	Trends Reports	2,273.54	Download
2006	Trends Reports	576.55	Download

Background Segregation Reports

Title	Size (Kb)
Detroit	1,001.68	Download
Chicago	664.85	Download
Brooklyn	699.57	Download

Fair Housing Publications

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