Press release announcing district-level foreclosure workshop hosted by Rep. Corrine Brown (FL). March 26, 2009
Congresswoman Corrine Brown to Hose Foreclosure Workshop in Jacksonville (2009)
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Fair Housing
Memorandum to CBC on interest group meeting with Chester McGuire of HUD (1977)
Memorandum and attached notes from Congressional Black Caucus October 20, 1977 meeting with Chester McGuire, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development. November 2, 1977
Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Highlights of the 96th Congress (ca. 1979-1980)
Document includes brief section on CBC support of legislation to strengthen fair housing enforcement. Date unknown (ca. 1979-1981)
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