The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently proposed major changes to the 2013 disparate impact rule – a move that would make it harder for people to bring forward discrimination complaints under the Fair Housing Act. As […]
Category: Racial Inequalities
Nan Roman’s Keynote Address from the 2020 Solutions for Individual Homeless Adults Conference
Welcome to the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Solutions for Individual Homeless Adults. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Ohlone group, and offer recognition and respect to the indigenous people past and present on whose […]
Update on the Public Charge Rule
The US Supreme Court recently allowed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “Public Charge Rule” to take effect nationwide, with the exception of Illinois due to a statewide injunction. This rule is anticipated to have a negative impact on low-income […]
Find Racial Disparities In Your Data? Here Are Some Things You Can Do About It
Once again, HUD’s most recent Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) illustrates something the homeless field should all know by now: year after year, African Americans continue to be disproportionately impacted by homelessness. Just like in 2018, the 2019 AHAR reports […]
The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network Action Steps
The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network (REN) has developed action steps that communities may find useful if they find racial or ethnic disparities in their homelessness system. These action steps follow the release of the REN’s Racial Equity Toolkit to help […]