{"id":10496,"date":"2024-07-10T12:11:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=10496"},"modified":"2024-07-10T12:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:11:28","slug":"housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>July 10, 2024<br>Contact: Janelle Brevard\u2502 <a href=\"mailto:jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org\">jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\"><strong>Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\"><em>NFHA\u2019s Latest Trends Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints to Date<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014<\/strong> The number of fair housing complaints filed nationwide peaked to record numbers for the third year in a row, continuing an upward trend highlighting the need for adequate funding for local nonprofit fair housing agencies working to address growing housing injustices nationwide, the National Fair Housing Alliance\u00ae (NFHA\u2122) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">There were 34,150 fair housing complaints received in 2023, compared to 33,007 complaints received in 2022, &nbsp;according to findings in the 2024 Fair Housing Trends Report. There was a noticeably steep increase in the number of harassment complaints, particularly harassment based on color or race, which skyrocketed by 470.59 percent and 114.97 percent respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cThe continued increase in reports of housing discrimination means lawmakers are simply not doing enough to provide adequate resources for the organizations serving on the frontlines educating the public about fair housing laws and helping individuals and families when crucial civil rights laws are broken,\u201d said <strong>Lisa Rice, NFHA\u2019s President and CEO. <\/strong>\u201cFifty-six years after the enactment of the Fair Housing Act, we still have not dismantled the longstanding systems that continue to perpetuate discrimination against women, people of color, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Just this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations\u2019 Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD)\u2019s spending bill only allocated $55 million for the Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP) despite local nonprofit agencies continuing to process over 75 percent of all fair housing complaints. The amount is far too short of the necessary $125 million fair housing organizations need to adequately serve victims of housing discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Despite recent news stories of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/politicsnation\/watch\/actor-wendell-pierce-shares-personal-experience-with-housing-discrimination-212590661842\">high profile<\/a> individuals facing inequities when seeking to buy a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/31\/realestate\/race-home-buying-raven-baxter.html\">home<\/a> or rent an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/politicsnation\/watch\/actor-wendell-pierce-shares-personal-experience-with-housing-discrimination-212590661842\">apartment<\/a>, reported cases only tell part of the story of housing discrimination. Most of the millions of housing discrimination incidents each year go unreported because they are difficult to identify or document. In other cases, individuals might fear facing retaliation or eviction if they file a complaint. Still, tracking the available data is important as it helps shine a light on where resources are most needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cPrivate nonprofit fair housing organizations (FHOs) processed 75.52 percent of complaints, a 5.68 percent increase from the previous year. These FHOs \u2014 which investigate fair housing complaints, collect data, provide fair housing counseling and education to consumers, and help clients file complaints \u2014 require significantly more funding to continue their important work. Congress must step up to ensure FHOs receive adequate funding to enforce the nation\u2019s fair housing laws,\u201d said <strong>Morgan Williams, NFHA\u2019s General Counsel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">In addition, Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) agencies processed 19.26 percent of complaints, while the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) processed 5.10 percent of complaints, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) processed 0.12 percent of complaints. FHAP agencies, which are functions of local and state governments and enforce local and state fair housing laws; HUD, which enforces the Federal Fair Housing Act and conducts investigations throughout the nation and U.S. territories; and DOJ, which investigates and prosecutes fair housing complaints that present a pattern or practice of discrimination, must also be adequately funded by Congress to handle the increase in fair housing complaints in a timely manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Once again, discrimination based on disability accounted for the majority (52.61 percent) of complaints filed with FHOs, HUD, and FHAP agencies. There were 1,521 complaints of harassment reported, an increase of 66.23 percent. This number represents the highest number of harassment complaints reported since NFHA began reporting harassment-specific data in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">NFHA has produced the Fair Housing Trends Report annually since the mid-1990s as part of its mission to eliminate housing discrimination and ensure equitable housing opportunities for all people and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Eighty-six NFHA member organizations, either private non-profit fair housing organizations or fair housing programs of legal aid agencies, submitted data for this report. HUD\u2019s 10 regional offices and 77 state and local government agencies in HUD\u2019s FHAP program also provided data. In addition, the report contains information gathered from the DOJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/resource\/2024-fair-housing-trends-report\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> to read the full report and view an interactive map highlighting key findings by state. Anyone who believes they have experienced housing discrimination should <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/what-is-housing-discrimination\/\">file a report<\/a> with their local fair housing agency, local or state government organization, and\/or HUD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong><em>The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)<\/em><\/strong><em> is the country\u2019s only national civil rights organization dedicated solely to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all people. Through its homeownership, credit access, tech equity, education, member services, public policy, community development, and enforcement initiatives, NFHA works to dismantle longstanding barriers to equity and build diverse, inclusive, well-resourced communities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2024Contact: Janelle Brevard\u2502 jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org&nbsp; Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward NFHA\u2019s Latest Trends Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints to Date Washington, D.C. \u2014 The number of fair housing complaints filed nationwide peaked to record numbers for the third year in a row, continuing an upward trend highlighting the need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,2],"tags":[151],"class_list":["post-10496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfha-news","category-press-releases","tag-fair-housing-trends"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward - NFHA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2024Contact: Janelle Brevard\u2502 jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org&nbsp; Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward NFHA\u2019s Latest Trends Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints to Date Washington, D.C. \u2014 The number of fair housing complaints filed nationwide peaked to record numbers for the third year in a row, continuing an upward trend highlighting the need [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward - NFHA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2024Contact: Janelle Brevard\u2502 jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org&nbsp; Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward NFHA\u2019s Latest Trends Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints to Date Washington, D.C. \u2014 The number of fair housing complaints filed nationwide peaked to record numbers for the third year in a row, continuing an upward trend highlighting the need [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NFHA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-10T16:11:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-10T16:11:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFHA_full_purple.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel VanArsdale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rachel VanArsdale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/\",\"name\":\"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward - NFHA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-10T16:11:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-10T16:11:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#\/schema\/person\/64e3544bbe22ab5e14209fcb54763103\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/\",\"name\":\"NFHA\",\"description\":\"National Fair Housing Alliance\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#\/schema\/person\/64e3544bbe22ab5e14209fcb54763103\",\"name\":\"Rachel VanArsdale\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/author\/rachelvanarsdale\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward - NFHA","description":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2024Contact: Janelle Brevard\u2502 jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org&nbsp; Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward NFHA\u2019s Latest Trends Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints to Date Washington, D.C. \u2014 The number of fair housing complaints filed nationwide peaked to record numbers for the third year in a row, continuing an upward trend highlighting the need [&hellip;]","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward - NFHA","og_description":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2024Contact: Janelle Brevard\u2502 jbrevard@nationalfairhousing.org&nbsp; Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward NFHA\u2019s Latest Trends Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints to Date Washington, D.C. \u2014 The number of fair housing complaints filed nationwide peaked to record numbers for the third year in a row, continuing an upward trend highlighting the need [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/","og_site_name":"NFHA","article_published_time":"2024-07-10T16:11:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-10T16:11:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFHA_full_purple.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Rachel VanArsdale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rachel VanArsdale","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/","url":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/","name":"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward - NFHA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-10T16:11:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-10T16:11:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#\/schema\/person\/64e3544bbe22ab5e14209fcb54763103"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/housing-discrimination-complaints-continue-to-trend-upward\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Housing Discrimination Complaints Continue to Trend Upward"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/","name":"NFHA","description":"National Fair Housing Alliance","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/#\/schema\/person\/64e3544bbe22ab5e14209fcb54763103","name":"Rachel VanArsdale","url":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/author\/rachelvanarsdale\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10497,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10496\/revisions\/10497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}