Flyer advertising district-level event hosted by Rep. Corrine Brown (FL) for constituents facing foreclosure. November 2007
Housing Crisis and Foreclosure Workshop (2007)
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Fair Housing
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
Memorandum on request from Federal Home Loan Bank Board to Congressional Black Caucus (1978)
Memorandum referencing a request from Mr. Robert McKinney, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, for the CBC review implications of California's anti-discrimination regulation on federally chartered savings and loans. Telegram referenced not included. April...
U.S. Representative Alcee L. Hastings Reintroduces Fair Housing and Homeownership Promotion Legislation (2008)
Press release announcing Rep. Alcee Hastings'(FL) reintroduction of resolution to promote fair housing and access to homeownership opportunities. Original cosponsors of the resolution include CBC members Reps. Kendrick Meek (FL); Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI); Sanford...
Congressman Cleaver refuses to vote for Financial Stability Improvement Act and demands answers for African-Americans (2009)
Press release detailing Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's (MO) refusal, along with nine other CBC colleagues on the House Financial Services Committee, to vote on the Financial Stability Improvement Act (H.R. 3996). The protest was an effort to draw attention to the lack of...
Child Welfare League of America letter urging support for Fair Housing Amendments (1988)
Letter signed by David S. Liederman, Executive Director, CWLA, and sent to Del. Walter Fauntroy (DC) and other members of Congress. June 20, 1988
Bi-partisan effort to enact fair housing law led by Sen. Walter Mondale and Sen. Edward Brooke to enact fair housing law (1968)
Joint press release from the office of Sens. Walter Mondale (MN) and Edward Brooke (MA) announcing the two members'introduction of S. 1358, the Fair Housing Bill, as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1968. February 6, 1968
Sen. Edward Brooke on eighth anniversary of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and on Fair Housing Month- Congressional Record (1976)
Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) submits S. Con. Res. 112, A concurrent resolution relating to fair housing month, and calls for stronger enforcement. April 27, 1976
Letter from Congressman Al Green to Congressman Barney Frank regarding the Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons with Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2010 Committee Markup (2010)
In this letter, Rep. Al Green (TX) requests that Rep. Barney Frank (MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, consider placing H.R. 472, Rep. Green's Housing Fairness Act, on the committee markup calendar. July 20, 2010