Racial Justice Archives

Letter from 70 Groups Opposing S.1465, Credit Access and Inclusion Act

June 18, 2025

Seventy (70) organizations, led by NCLC, sent this letter opposing S.1465, the Credit Access and Inclusion Act. This legislation is touted as helping “credit invisible consumers” by adding rent and utility payment information to their credit reports. However, the actual intent of the bill is to preempt state and other federal laws that protect consumer…

Comment to FEMA Review Council on Heirs Property and Extreme Heat

May 15, 2025

While we identify several ways in which FEMA services could be improved, we urge the Council to retain FEMA’s role and to work to increase its efficiency; moving to a state block-grant model will only further undermine efficient disaster response and recovery at a time when natural disasters are increasing. FEMA remains a lifeline to…

Presidential Action Enables Discrimination in Housing and Lending

April 25, 2025

The government will now only address illegal discrimination in the rare instances when the bad actor is caught red-handed.

Comments on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

March 15, 2025

The use of artificial intelligence in housing and consumer credit, banking and other critical financial transactions may lead to unlawful discrimination in violation of consumer protection, fair lending and civil rights laws. An Action Plan must guard against the systemic risks posed to consumers by the deployment of AI systems with the capacity to make…

Urgent Action Needed to Preserve Racial Equity and Economic Justice

March 18, 2025

After the Trump administration's all-out assault on equity, civil rights, racial justice, and the rule of law, new forms of digital discrimination, amplified by artificial intelligence, will flourish.

Coalition Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing HUD Staffing Cuts

March 11, 2025

To Leaders Thune and Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Leader Jeffries: We, the 1,573 undersigned national, state, and local organizations, write to oppose efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Secretary Scott Turner to terminate at least half of all employees at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is a…

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