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In August, HUD published proposed revisions to its interpretation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact rule. Disparate impact allows people to show that a housing policy had a negative impact on them because of their race, sex, national origin, disability, or other protected characteristic – even if the policy appears on its face to apply […] Read More
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Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY7) introduced legislation (HR 4546) last week that would provide $70 billion in funding to address the growing gap between annual federal public housing capital funding and nation’s capital needs backlog. $32 billion of that funding would go to NYCHA. If this bill is enacted, the funding would improve the lives of not only […] Read More
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New York Housing Conference recently launched United for Housing, a campaign for 2021 mayoral investment in housing. We are bringing stakeholders together in a collaborative process with cross-sector dialogue to make housing policy recommendations for NYC’s next mayor. As a big-tent coalition, we will convene affordable housing experts and leaders in issues such as health, education, environment, […] Read More