The Public Policy arm of the National Fair Housing Alliance works to increase the awareness of policy-makers and regulators about the issues associated with fair housing and fair lending.  The public policy team works with members of both the House and the Senate to introduce new civil rights legislation, often in partnership with other civil rights agencies.  The team also works with NFHA members, assisting them in raising awareness of fair housing issues with their local and federal representatives.
	Questions? Contact the Public Policy team or call 202-898-1661.

Housing Fairness Act of 2007

Urge your Representatives in the House and Senate to support the Housing Fairness Act of 2007 (H.R. 2926, S.1733). The legislation, introduced by Rep. Al Green (D-TX) in the House and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) in the Senate:

-          authorizes  funds  to  root  out  housing  discrimination  through  a  $20  million  nationwide  testing  program,  

-          doubles the  funding  authorization  for  the  Fair  Housing  Initiatives  Program  to  $52  million,

-          creates  a  $5  million  competitive  matching  grant  program  for  private  nonprofit  organizations  to  examine  the  causes  of  housing  discrimination  and  segregation  and  their  effects  on  education,  poverty,  and  economic  development.   

The  nationwide testing program alone would  allow  for  5,000  paired  tests,  amounting  to  an  average  of  fifty  paired  tests  in  each  of  the  nation’s  one  hundred  largest  metropolitan  statistical  areas  (which  contain  69  percent  of  the  nation’s  population). If passed, the legislation would enable the National Fair Housing Alliance and its members to better enforce existing fair housing laws and identify systemic discrimination.

Contact your Senators and  Representative today!