{"id":3214,"date":"2021-10-08T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2021-12-09T21:29:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T21:29:30","slug":"icymi-national-fair-housing-alliance-president-lisa-rice-stresses-importance-of-funding-for-housing-programs-in-reconciliation-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalfairhousing.org\/icymi-national-fair-housing-alliance-president-lisa-rice-stresses-importance-of-funding-for-housing-programs-in-reconciliation-package\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: National Fair Housing Alliance President Lisa Rice Stresses Importance of Funding for Housing Programs in Reconciliation Package"},"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\">October 8, 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>ICYMI: National Fair Housing Alliance President Lisa Rice Stresses Importance of Funding for Housing Programs in Reconciliation Package<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Washington, D.C.\u2014 Homeownership is one of the most significant drivers of wealth creation, yet it remains elusive for millions of socially and economically disadvantaged Americans. In a recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/07\/housing-aid-cuts-battle-515588\">article by POLITICO<\/a>, National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) President and CEO Lisa Rice stressed the importance of including significant funding for housing programs in the upcoming reconciliation legislation. NFHA has strongly advocated for the inclusion of funding for first-generation down payment assistance programs to ensure more Black, Brown, and working-class families have access to homeownership in the face of decades of discriminatory government policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">Below are excerpts from the article by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/07\/housing-aid-cuts-battle-515588\">POLITICO<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"content-wrap-item post__heading post__heading-undefined wp-block-heading\">\u2018It\u2019s going to be rough\u2019: Waters fights housing cuts in budget bill&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">By Katy O\u2019Donnell, 10\/6\/21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201c\u2018We have all these coalitions of industry groups, housing groups, civil rights groups who are beating down the door of the White House to make sure that they keep housing provisions in the reconciliation bill,\u2019 said Lisa Rice, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance. \u2018If you don\u2019t address housing, you\u2019re not going to be able to address anything else that you\u2019re trying to get done from an equity standpoint.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201c\u2018I cannot possibly see the White House folding on this issue,\u2019 Rice added. \u2018You cannot address issues of racial inequity if you do not address housing inequity \u2014 it is an impossibility. They\u2019re so inextricably linked.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"content-wrap-item post__paragraph\">\u201cWithout the housing money, she said, the plan would not advance racial equity.\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 October 8, 2021 Media Contact: Izzy Woodruff | 202-898-1661 |&nbsp;IWoodruff@nationalfairhousing.org ICYMI: National Fair Housing Alliance President Lisa Rice Stresses Importance of Funding for Housing Programs in Reconciliation Package Washington, D.C.\u2014 Homeownership is one of the most significant drivers of wealth creation, yet it remains elusive for millions of socially and economically disadvantaged [&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-3214","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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