{"id":1998,"date":"2021-09-02T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2021-09-04T23:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T23:21:22","slug":"national-fair-housing-alliance-issues-statement-in-response-to-biden-administration-unveiling-steps-to-increase-affordable-housing-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/national-fair-housing-alliance-issues-statement-in-response-to-biden-administration-unveiling-steps-to-increase-affordable-housing-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement in Response to Biden Administration Unveiling Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">September 2, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Media Contact: Izzy Woodruff | 202-898-1661 |&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:IWoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org\">IWoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph has-text-align-center\"><strong>National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement in Response to Biden Administration Unveiling Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Washington, D.C. \u2014 The nation\u2019s leading fair housing organization applauded the Biden Administration\u2019s efforts to boost the country\u2019s stock of affordable housing, and implores the White House to prescribe a more targeted solution to address the widened gap between homeowners and renters, the disproportionate majority being people of color. Nikitra Bailey, The National Fair Housing Alliance\u2019s Senior Vice President of Public Policy, issued the following statement:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cThe Biden Administration took an important step to address the nation\u2019s lack of affordable housing units.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cWhile we applaud their plan to make available 100,000 affordable homes over the next three years, we recognize that much more remains to be done to ensure equity for Black and Brown families, who have a long history of being underserved by the nation\u2019s housing policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cSince the beginning of the pandemic, almost two years ago, existing homeowners have gained more than $1 trillion in new wealth because of housing prices increasing nearly 25 percent. Because renters are disproportionately people of color, the increases in wealth have largely left most Black and Brown people further behind without the safety net that home equity provides to homeowners. Wealthier families have used their home equity to weather economic disruptions during the COVID-19 induced recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cTo help reduce harm, we\u2019re calling on the Federal government to work more closely with states to ensure that Black and Brown renters remain in their homes as the nation faces a looming eviction crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re also calling on the administration to support legislation, like the Downpayment Toward Equity Act that would provide $100 billion as a critical first step to help close persistent racial homeownership and wealth gaps that are the legacy of federal exclusionary housing policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cWe look forward to working with the administration to remediate the systems that continue to perpetuate exclusion of underserved communities from housing opportunities. In doing so, we can promote overall economic growth and create opportunity for all people.\u201d<\/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>&nbsp;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.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2021 Media Contact: Izzy Woodruff | 202-898-1661 |&nbsp;IWoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org National Fair Housing Alliance Issues Statement in Response to Biden Administration Unveiling Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply Washington, D.C. \u2014 The nation\u2019s leading fair housing organization applauded the Biden Administration\u2019s efforts to boost the country\u2019s stock of affordable housing, and implores [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,34,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-media","category-nfha-news","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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