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Fair Housing

The Fair Housing Act is a federal law that protects people from housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, and familial status. Executive Order 13988 directed all federal agencies to extend protections under all existing civil rights statutes that prohibit sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity. On February 11, 2021, HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity stated that they would begin enforcing the Fair Housing Act to prohibit housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Learn more about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy

In Montgomery County

• Montgomery County Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Just Strategies Organizational Equity Assessment Report (2021)

• Focus Strategies Equitable Access & Prioritization Report (2021)

• Race and Homelessness in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 1: Initial Findings

• Race and Homelessness in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 2: National Scan

• A More Perfect Union: White Picket Fence (History of Redlining in Montgomery County) - Philadelphia Inquirer (2022)

Across the United States

• Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)

• National League of Cities Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL)

• Homelessness and Racial Disparities - National Alliance to End Homelessness

• Equal Access to Housing Final Rule - Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Single homeless women in L.A. County suffer high levels of violence, new study finds - LA Times (2023)

• How Race Impacts Youth Experiencing Homelessness - Homeless Youth Connection (2020)

• ‘A Pileup of Inequalities’: Why People of Color Are Hit Hardest by Homelessness - PEW Research (2019)

• A Racial Equity Lens is Critical To Housing Work - National Low Income Housing Coalition (2022)

• The State of Homelessness in America: 2023 Edition - National Alliance to End Homelessness

• The State of the Nation’s Housing (2023) - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

• LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness - UCLA Williams Institute (2020)

• Governmental Use of Racial Equity Tools to Address Systemic Racism and the Social Determinants of Health - Saint Louis University Center for Health Law Studies (2021)

• The Roots of Structural Racism: Segregation in the US (video) - University of California, Berkeley: Othering and Belonging Institute (2021)

• US Racial Segregation Map - University of California, Berkeley: Othering and Belonging Institute (2021)

• How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Created - Race, the Power of an Illusion (University of California, Berkeley) (2018)

• I See You: Asian/Asian Americans Experiencing Homelessness on the Rise - National Alliance to End Homelessness (2023)

Training Resources

• Montgomery County DEI Speaker Series

• Bucks and Montgomery County — Racial Equity Learning Community

• HUD Exchange — LGBTQIA+ Fair Housing Toolkit

• HUD Exchange — Fair Housing Planning Toolkit and Training Module

• National Low Income Housing Coalition: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism, and Systems-thinking (IDEAS) Campaign and Resources (2023)

• Race Forward Racial Equity Training Series

• Annie E. Casey Foundation Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide

• National Association of Social Workers Ethnicity and Race Practice Tools and Professional Development

• National Association of Social Workers LGBTQIA2S+ Practice Tools and Professional Development