{"id":1900,"date":"2021-09-04T20:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2022-01-13T00:14:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:14:57","slug":"testimony-for-the-house-financial-services-task-force-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/testimony-for-the-house-financial-services-task-force-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimony for the House Financial Services Task Force on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cEquality is not a concept. It&#8217;s not something we should be striving for. It&#8217;s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women\u2026We need equality. Kinda now.\u201d<br>\u2015 Joss Whedon, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Algorithmic-based systems impact every area and aspect of our lives either providing access to key services that can open the doors of opportunity or blocking our ability to take advantage of critical amenities that we need to survive and live successful lives. Algorithms can determine whether consumers will have access to housing, get a living wage job, access quality credit, get released on bail after an arrest, or serve a prison sentence. Algorithms even determine whether a sick patient will receive needed healthcare or even whether a homeowner will get a refinance<br>loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lisa-Rice-House-Testimony-on-AI-5-7-21.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEquality is not a concept. It&#8217;s not something we should be striving for. It&#8217;s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women\u2026We need equality. 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