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Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain

Fair housing advocates denounce Trump’s newest effort to eliminate a critical tool to desegregate communities and call on the president to instead concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a pandemic.

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Fair Housing Advocates Submit Comment Letter to HUD on Disparate Impact

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and 45 additional community and fair housing organizations have submitted a joint comment letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) encouraging the department to maintain the disparate impact standard, which the agency has proposed to weaken.

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A foul smell in Eight Mile, Alabama: How fair housing laws can advance environmental justice and racial equity

Fair housing testing and analysis can be used to address issues of environmental and racial justice as well as enforce fair housing laws and industrial safety rules.

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Washington Post: HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose raising rent for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies

This proposal is part of a comprehensive effort by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to restrict access to the safety net and reduce the levels of assistance for those who do qualify.

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NCRC Applauds Final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

Washington, DC – Today, in reaction to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s release of the final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, NCRC President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement: “We are very pleased that HUD has issued a final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. This rule is a huge step forward

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NCRC Reacts to Supreme Court Decision Upholding Use of Disparate Impact Analysis in Fair Housing

Washington, DC – Today, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project upholding the use of disparate impact analysis in the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC) President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement:

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