A total of 32,321 housing discrimination complaints were filed nationwide during 2024, according to the new Fair Housing Trends Report published by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA).
The majority of the complaints (54.6%) involved disability related discrimination, followed by complaints related to race, national origin, sex, familial status, and religion. Complaints based on national origin rose 8.45% from the previous year, marking the highest number since 2018.
The NFHA warned that discrimination could become more widespread following the recent mass firings at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) during the government shutdown, adding that FHEO now has one-third of the staff it had when President Trump took office in January.
“America’s fair housing infrastructure is being dismantled and defunded in the very moment it’s needed most,” said Nikitra Bailey, NFHA executive vice president. “Congress must ensure HUD’s fair housing programs are fully funded and exercise its oversight authority over HUD to ensure decades of civil rights progress is not reversed through executive action. Access to fair housing is a basic human right—it’s the law.”
