The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is conducting a “Fair Housing Week of Action” to mobilize the public into lobbying Congress to acknowledge and act on fair housing issues.
In a press statement, the NFHA said its goal for this week’s initiative is twofold: “Congress should fully fund fair housing in the fiscal year 2027 budget, and it should require HUD to run the open, standard grant competition that has worked for more than three decades so the money Congress approves actually reaches the organizations on the frontlines doing the work.”
To achieve this result, the NFHA is working with more than 100 community-level fair housing organizations to lobby Congress on fair housing issues. The aim of this effort is to send 5,000 letters to Congress by Friday.
“If HUD’s new grant rules stand, fair housing organizations that have efficiently served their communities for decades will close their doors, and people facing housing discrimination will be left with little to no recourse,” said Nikitra Bailey, executive vice president of the National Fair Housing Alliance. “Congress must fully fund fair housing in 2027, and it must make sure that money reaches the communities it was meant for. There has long been strong bipartisan support for funding these organizations for more than three decades because they are effective. This week, fair housing organizations are carrying that record to members of Congress in their home districts and asking the people of America to stand with them. The purpose is simple: every person in this country should have somewhere to turn when they are unlawfully denied a home, and we intend to make sure they do.”
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