Despite passage of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) in 1968, housing discrimination persists in the United States. Fair housing complaints have increased in recent years, reaching 33,007 — the highest ever reported — in 2022, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Further, the year’s complaint data also showed that private fair housing organizations — not the federal government — continued to process the majority of housing discrimination complaints reported throughout the country.

This vital work can continue due to a recent federal court ordering the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release nearly $32 million in already-appropriated funds to organizations that support fair housing enforcement, to ensure that all people have equal access to home sales and

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