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
Representative Waters Announces Two Major Legislative Initiatives to Address Growing Foreclosure Crisis (2008)
Press release from Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) announcing introduction of The Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act (H.R. 5679) and the Neighborhood Rescue and Stabilization Act (H.R. 5678). April 2, 2008
Cummings Releases Statement on Wells Fargo Agreement with the city of Baltimore (2012)
In this press release, Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) applauds a settlement announced by the Department of Justice and Wells Fargo in a case investigating the bank's lending practices prior to the 2007 economic crisis. July 12, 2012
Brooke Seeks New Housing Strategy (1971)
Press release from the office of Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) detailing the senator's co-introduction of two bills to redirect and expand federal housing programs. December 10, 1971
Rep. John Conyers on Fair Housing Policy and the Weston Atomic Energy Project – Congressional Record (1967)
Rep. John Conyers (MI) proposes amendment to remove funding for the Weston Atomic Energy Project from a larger appropriations bill and argues fair housing policy and practice should be considered when the Federal Government decides to fund projects. June 29, 1967
Letter from Rep. Elijah Cummings to Rep. Darrell E. Issa regarding Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the foreclosure crisis (2011)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) writes to Rep. Darrell Issa (CA), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to provide information to assist in the preparation of a hearing on the foreclosure crisis. The letter includes a list of proposed witnesses,...
Reps. Louis Stokes, Kweisi Mfume, and Charles Rangel speak in support of Fair Housing Act Amendments (H.R. 1158) – Congressional Record (1988)
Remarks by Reps. Louis Stokes (OH), Kweisi Mfume (MD), and Charles Rangel (NY) on June 23, 1988.
Letter from Congressman Al Green to members of the House Appropriations Committee calling for funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (2013)
Letter from Rep. Al Green (TX) to Rep. Tom Latham (IA), chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development&Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ), Ranking Member of the same subcommittee requesting that...