by Press | Aug 19, 2019 | Press Releases
HUD Proposes New Rule That Would Gut the Fair Housing Act Washington, D.C. – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) formally proposed a rule today that would severely undercut the ability of people of color, women, people with disabilities, and other...
by Press | Aug 12, 2019 | Newsclips
Under the Trump administration, the government agency that is supposed to help Americans with their housing needs wants to torpedo discrimination claims. Reports recently surfaced of a proposal by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to modify one...
by Press | Aug 5, 2019 | Newsclips
School desegregation continues to make waves in the 2020 presidential campaign, particularly for two Democratic front-runners, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris of California. But a dispute between the Trump administration and some civil rights...
by Press | Aug 1, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement on reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) plans to issue a proposed...
by Press | May 13, 2019 | Newsclips
WASHINGTON — Thousands of legal residents and citizens, including 55,000 children who are in the country legally, could be displaced under a proposed rule intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing assistance, according to the...