FHA Archives

Advocates Praise FHA’s Expansion of Access to Foreclosure Alternatives

January 31, 2023

Advocates applaud FHA's decision to give all borrowers facing financial hardship access to crucial foreclosure alternatives that the agency developed in response to the pandemic.

Current Options to Lower Mortgage Payments

July 19, 2018

This article, the second in the series that deals with home mortgages, details options to lowering or delaying mortgage payments for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA, and RHS mortgages.

SafeRent Solutions Accused of Illegally Discriminating Against Black and Hispanic Rental Applicants

May 25, 2022

Federal Lawsuit Alleges SafeRent Solutions Violated the Fair Housing Act, State Law by Discriminating Against Black and Hispanic Voucher Holders in Tenant Screenings SafeRent Employs Algorithm That Assigns Disproportionately Lower “SafeRent Scores” to Black and Hispanic Applicants BOSTON– A lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against SafeRent Solutions, LLC…

Leading Civil Rights Groups Commend President Joe Biden’s Executive Action to Advance Fair Housing and Racial Equity

January 26, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2021 Washington, D.C. — Today, leading civil rights groups commended President Joe Biden for taking action to advance racial equity for Americans in the first days of his term. The civil rights community asked the Biden-Harris Administration to take this critical step — to name racial justice as a key pillar of…

National Consumer Law Center Statement on the Capitol Siege and Our Commitment to Racial Equity as We Celebrate the Life and Work of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021 By Richard Dubois, Executive Director Washington, D.C.- In his iconic speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. urgently appealed to his fellow Americans to make real the promise of democracy. The decades-long campaign by activists for racial justice culminated with…

HUD Guts Civil Rights Rule Used to Address Systemic Discrimination in the Housing Market on the Dawn of an Eviction and Foreclosure Crisis

September 8, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 8, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) or Odette Williamson ([email protected]) National Consumer Law Center Advocates Urge HUD to Reverse Course and Restore Key Civil Rights Protections Washington, D.C. – In a continuing campaign to weaken civil rights protections, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)…

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

July 23, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2020 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 Washington, D.C.- Today, a coalition of civil rights, affordable housing and consumer advocacy organizations condemned the move by the…

How to Get Help with Your Mortgage During COVID-19

July 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2020 The following organizations have made this important information available in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Bangla, and English: AFR Language Access Task Force, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Action, Empire Justice Center, National CAPACD, National Consumer Law Center, National Fair Housing Alliance, and UnidosUS.…

Civil Rights, Consumer, Housing, and Real Estate Groups Urge U.S Treasury and Federal Regulators to Help Mortgage Servicers Maintain Liquidity

April 17, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, advocates of 31consumer, civil rights, housing, and real estate trade organizations, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Federation of America, National Community Stabilization Trust, National Fair Housing Alliance, Center for Responsible Lending, National Association of Real Estate Brokers, National Association of Hispanic Real…

Advocates Applaud Halt to Foreclosures and Bills to Stabilize Homeownership and Protect Credit Reports but Highlight Need for Further Relief During Pandemic

March 19, 2020

Boston – National Consumer Law Center advocates praised recent measures taken by the federal government to help homeowners remain in their homes and to protect their credit scores but said more needs to be done. The foreclosure relief announced yesterday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Federal…

HUD’s Disaster Relief Changes Will Allow for Faster Relief, But More Flexibility is Still Needed

September 4, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Alys Cohen ([email protected]) or Jan Kruse ([email protected]); (617) 542-8010 Boston – As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the U.S., advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) applaud U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for improving programs available to HUD-insured homeowners after…

HUD Proposal Would Significantly Obstruct Enforcement of Long-Standing Civil Rights Protections

August 19, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 19, 2019 HUD Plan Would Fuel Substantial Declines in Black Homeownership The following is a statement by Odette Williamson, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) attorney and director of NCLC’s Racial Justice and Economic Opportunity Project. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) issued a proposed rule that, if…

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