Telegram from Michigan Governor George Romney urging Republican senators to support cloture on 1968 fair housing legislation and a letter of response from Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) thanking Romney for his support. 1968
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) participates in Foreclosure Prevention Workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.
CBC members participate in hearing on foreclosures at the California Science Center with fellow members of Congress. Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) chaired the hearing. From left to right: Reps. Laura Richardson (CA), Linda Sanchez (CA), Grace Napolitano (CA), Maxine Waters...
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) speaking at Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission Forum. The forum explored pressing issues in housing in 2013 including demographic trends impacting housing markets, efforts to link housing and healthcare to serve the most vulnerable...
Shortly after becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate in nearly a century, Sen. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts met with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office. The next year the two men would work to pass fair housing legislation.
Memorandum, attached press release from HUD, and a hand-written note from Barbara Williams, CBC Executive Director, regarding request for a meeting from Chester McGuire, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Press...
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MS) participates in a foreclosure prevention workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law the Fair Housing Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Watching in the front row, from left, are, Sen. Clifford Case (NJ); Sen. Hugh Scott (PA); Rep. William McCulloch (OH); Sen....
The Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission forum explored pressing issues in housing in 2013 including demographic trends impacting housing markets, efforts to link housing and healthcare to serve the most vulnerable populations, access to credit for prospective...
Vice President Joe Biden administers the oath of office to Mel Watt as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency during a ceremonially swearing-in ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Before taking charge...
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) participates in a foreclosure prevention workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.