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Housing Justice is Racial Justice

April is National Fair Housing Month. Housing advocates are celebrating the passage of the Fair Housing Act. Yet the federal law’s promise to promote a more equitable and integrated society remains largely unfulfilled. The lack of access to safe, decent, and affordable housing today reflects and compounds the racial inequities that have plagued this country for centuries. Congress must act now to fulfill the spirit of the Fair Housing Act.

April 30, 2021 | Housing & Home Ownership

Recovery must focus on reducing poverty and systemic inequities

Congress should move swiftly to build on the Administration’s proposals and craft recovery legislation focused on investing in low-income families, creating opportunity, and reducing disparities, by helping families with low incomes keep a roof over their heads and making expansions of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) permanent.

April 29, 2021 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

Cutting child poverty in half

Today a COVID relief bill is headed to the President’s desk, and it includes key changes to the tax code that will be part of cutting child poverty in half in the United States. It also includes further investment in emergency rental assistance and desperately needed relief against COVID globally.

March 10, 2021 | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

The latest from Capitol Hill on coronavirus and poverty

This page will be regularly updated as Congress debates the next stage of the pandemic response. Check back regularly for a dispatch from Capitol Hill and actions you can take.

Reflections on Black History Month: Jamaica Brickhouse

February is Black History Month. For the month of February, we will be sharing a series of spotlights of some of our staff and volunteers in the Black community. This post features Jamaica Brickhouse.

February 22, 2021 | Black History Month | Housing & Home Ownership

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July 2020: Congress Must Protect Renters in next COVID-19 bill

May 2020: Use Media to Build Support for Housing and Nutrition Assistance

RESULTS Affordable Housing Congressional Requests Spring 2020

April 2020: Urge Congress to Prioritize Housing and Hunger with Meetings and Media

Spring 2020 US Poverty Laser Talk: Emergency Rental Assistance and a Renters’ Credit

Use this laser talk to make the case for emergency rental assistance for millions of families struggling to keep a roof over their heads, a national moratorium on evictions, and for bold solutions to address our affordable housing crisis including a renters’ credit.

March 31, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Housing & Home Ownership

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Increasing access to safe and affordable homes through long-term rental assistance

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