Document includes brief section on CBC support of legislation to strengthen fair housing enforcement. Date unknown (ca. 1979-1981)
Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Highlights of the 96th Congress (ca. 1979-1980)
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Letter to President Barack Obama from Members of Congress requesting an executive order directing the Department of Treasury to amend their Hardest Hit Fund (2013)
Signed by CBC members Reps. John Lewis (GA), Corrine Brown (FL), Andre Carson (IN), John Conyers (MI), Danny K. Davis (IL), Henry "Hank" Johnson (GA), Barbara Lee (CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Charles B. Rangel (NY), David Scott (GA), Terri Sewell (AL), Bennie G....
Housing Crisis and Foreclosure Workshop (2007)
Flyer advertising district-level event hosted by Rep. Corrine Brown (FL) for constituents facing foreclosure. November 2007
Barbara Lee Supports Katrina Housing Recovery Bill (2007)
Press release with text of Rep. Barbara Lee's (CA) statement in support of the Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act which includes fair housing enforcement component. March 30, 2007
Congresswoman Cardiss Collins hails HUD recognition of people’s right to have subsidized housing in their own neighborhoods (1980)
Press release from the office of Rep. Cardiss Collins (IL). October 24, 1980
Sen. Edward Brooke opposes amendment of Fair Housing Act of 1968 – Congressional Record (1968)
Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) expresses opposition to proposed amendment that would prohibit discrimination against veterans in housing by pointing out that it limits effectiveness of the proposed Fair Housing Act in addressing housing discrimination. March 8, 1968
Speech on Home Equity Lending by Del. Walter Fauntroy (1988)
Del. Walter Fauntroy (DC) speaks on home equity lending at the National Council of Savings Institutions 1988 Home Equity Lending Seminar. October 24, 1988
Rep. Parren Mitchell Calls for Impeachment of President Nixon (1974)
Press release announcing Rep. Parren Mitchell's (MD) renewed call for the impeachment of President Nixon. In the release, Rep. Mitchell cites the Nixon Administration's Housing Bill as evidence of the administration's "anti-Black and anti-poor posture." The...
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Discussed Foreclosures Due to Predatory Lending Practices with Southern Queens Elected Officials and Clergy (2007)
Press release from the office of Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY). October 29, 2007
Telegram from National Education Association urging Congressional support for Fair Housing Amendments Act (1988)
From Kenneth F. Melley, Director, Government Relations, National Education Association. June 27, 1988
Fight Housing Discrimination: Co-sponsor H.R. 284 (2011)
A "dear colleague letter" from Rep. Al Green (TX) requesting other members of Congress support H.R. 284, the Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011. May 10, 2011
Summary of CBC Urban Policy Roundtable (1977)
Letter to Congressional Black Caucus members from Rep. Parren Mitchell (MD) with summary of CBC-sponsored Urban Policy Roundtable held in October 1977. October 31, 1977