A Sacramento resident has filed a fair housing complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, alleging her landlord initiated rent increases and subsequent eviction proceedings after her adult son, diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, began a temporary residency.
The National Fair Housing Alliance initiated federal litigation challenging a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, asserting the measure undermines five decades of fair lending safeguards established under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and could facilitate systemic discrimination within credit markets.
The National Fair Housing Alliance has warned that recent changes to federal lending rules could weaken fair lending protections and increase the risk of discrimination against women and vulnerable communities.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleging that its new guidance threatens to decertify state and local fair housing agencies and imposes unlawful funding conditions.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenging federal guidance that the state says would significantly weaken fair housing enforcement, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general.
The Trump administration has announced plans to end the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s use of the disparate impact rule, which has been used to protect survivors of domestic violence, women of color, and other marginalized groups from housing discrimination.
The National Fair Housing Alliance has expressed its support for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, urging the Trump administration to partner with her on affordability and other “kitchen table issues” facing Americans, rather than attempting to remove her from office.
The National Fair Housing Alliance has denounced a proposed rule from HUD that would weaken fair housing discrimination protections by scaling back the use of disparate impact, a tool used to address policies that have discriminatory outcomes.
The California Civil Rights Department has reached a settlement with Village at Redondo and Lyon Management Group to end blanket policies that bar people with criminal histories from renting, a practice state officials say violates civil rights law and deepens housing inequality.
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