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HUD Takes Aim at Discriminatory Practices by Tenant Screening Companies and Housing Providers

May 3, 2024

New guidance addresses how the Fair Housing Act protects renters from common tenant screening practices, including use of AI

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Latest HUD Action Will Prevent Up-Charging in Reverse Mortgage Loans

April 26, 2024

Advocates Applaud HECM-For-Purchase Policy Change that Will Protect Older Borrowers

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Nearly 300 Organizations and a Local Elected Official Urge Biden Administration to Immediately Release Fair Housing Rule

April 18, 2024

Groups implore White House to follow through on its commitments to create inclusive, resource-rich communities free of discrimination with the amenities everyone needs to thrive.

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Advocates Applaud HUD’s Actions to Protect Vulnerable Widows and Widowers and Prevent Avoidable Foreclosures

May 12, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2021 Boston – National Consumer Law Center advocates applaud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two recently announced policy changes that will help homeowners avoid unnecessary foreclosures. HUD’s reverse mortgage policy change, announced in Mortgagee Letter 2021-11, will allow non-borrowing spouses of reverse mortgage borrowers to…

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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…

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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)…

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HUD Takes Aim at Discriminatory Practices by Tenant Screening Companies and Housing Providers

Latest HUD Action Will Prevent Up-Charging in Reverse Mortgage Loans

Nearly 300 Organizations and a Local Elected Official Urge Biden Administration to Immediately Release Fair Housing Rule

Advocates Applaud HUD’s Actions to Protect Vulnerable Widows and Widowers and Prevent Avoidable Foreclosures

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

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

Support NCLC