A lawsuit filed in Massachusetts is going to determine the future of fair housing grant funding nationwide, a program created by the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to protect tenants and potential homeowners from housing discrimination.
Housing discrimination continues throughout the U.S., with the number of filed complaints rising steadily. Of the 32,321 housing discrimination complaints filed in 2024, 54.6 percent involved disability and complaints based on national origin rose by 8.45 percent.
Although the discrimination rates are rising, the federal government carried out mass layoffs in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. The FHEO now has a third of its staff due to ongoing cuts…