National Fair Housing Alliance, 2019: 2019 Fair Housing Trends Report
We invite you to read NFHA’s 2019 Fair Housing Trends Report which assesses the latest trends in fair housing. The Trump administration and housing industry players have launched unprecedented attacks on fair housing. This is a stark departure from the bipartisan support the law has received since it was enacted in 1968. In collaboration with its membership and other civil rights partners, NFHA is engaged in a historic push to preserve the law and the regulations designed to guide its implementation.
In a fervent defense of civil rights, fair housing advocates confront a fresh set of challenges, like algorithmic bias, that perpetuates housing, lending, and insurance discrimination. The housing picture is not entirely bleak. One example is the successful lawsuit by NFHA and other fair housing groups that led Facebook to revamp its advertising system and establish advertising portals for housing, employment, and credit, eliminating the ability to target based on protected characteristics and their proxies.
The report contains targeted recommendations that would address the complex issues in today’s housing system.
