John Trasviña is HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity There are many questions housing providers will ask you when it comes to renting an apartment, buying a home, or applying for a mortgage. “Are you Hispanic?” shouldn’t be one of them. The law is clear – you can’t be treated differently based [...]
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Secretary Donovan visits with ADAPT to affirm HUD’s commitment to affordable, accessible, integrated housing. Housing Wire reports, “California bay area home sales hit 5-year high.” In Georgia, a $201 million HUD grant will provide funds for new homeless transitional housing. The Chicago Tribune notes Illinois’ 40th anniversary of federal Fair Housing Act. And, a statewide [...]
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Imagine these scenarios: A veteran who can’t access his apartment because he’s in a wheelchair. A couple with a foreign nationality who is denied housing because of how they look. A Black child whose family is told they have to look in another neighborhood where they might be “more comfortable.” Think these situations are a [...]
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We often refer to decent, affordable housing as a platform for a better quality of life. One way that HUD is making the connection is by making smart housing investments and choices that lead to employment. If you are not familiar with Section 3, it is one of the key connecting points between jobs and [...]
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There’s a orchestrated media campaign brewing in Westchester County, New York that seeks to cast HUD as an over-reaching government agency attempting to impose a federal fair housing mandate on local communities. The Wall Street Journal even went so far as to describe HUD’s effort as “social engineering.” This campaign is not helping to reach [...]
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