In recognition of Black History Month, Cloudburst lifts up the strides made towards racial equity and housing justice by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)!
Key Achievements include:
- HUD continues to work with real estate agents, appraisers, states, and communities to root out bias in the appraisal process and end the practice of “low-balling” once and for all.
- HUD is working on a final rule to meaningfully implement the Fair Housing Act’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing obligation to address significant disparities in housing needs for members of protected classes.
- In 2023 alone, HUD granted $30 million to fair housing organizations to fight housing discrimination.
- HUD’s Emergency Housing Vouchers, the first-ever federal housing voucher program specifically targeted to addressing homelessness, is helping to address the racial inequities in homelessness. Approximately 37% of people experiencing homelessness and more than 46% of households assisted by Emergency Housing Vouchers are Black.
Cloudburst is honored to tirelessly work with HUD to bring an end to racial discrimination in housing.
To learn more about HUD’s work toward racial equity and housing justice: