Contact your Member of Congress Today and Urge Support for HUD's Critical Community-Based Fair Housing Programs!

These community advocates assist victims of housing discrimination: disabled veterans who require reasonable accommodations in housing, seniors and people with disabilities who need accessible housing, families with children turned away illegally from renting a home, women who are experiencing sexual harassment from landlords, survivors of domestic violence who have been improperly evicted, and victims of racial and other forms of unlawful discrimination. If funding is not reinstated in the federal budget, hundreds of boots-on-the-ground organizations across the country will either have to lay off staff and close entirely or significantly cut back services.   

Just this month, HUD rewrote the rules of how these critical grants are administered. The changes make it harder for experienced organizations to receive funding. Instead, money is being sent to two big law schools with little capacity to assist everyday people facing housing discrimination. 

But Congress has the power to reinstate funding and demand HUD make the grant application process fair again. Your neighbors need you to act today by entering your name and zip code below and sending a letter to your Members of Congress. It takes less than one minute. 

Additional Background

On June 3, 2026, The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations by party line voted to significantly reduce funding for HUD's critical Fair Housing Programs:

The Committee also voted to rescind $55 million from under the heading "Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity" from unobligated balances, which are likely FY25 and FY26 funding amounts since all the FY24 funds have already been obligated.

Then on July 2, 2026, HUD released funding notices for fair housing programs for FY 25 and FY 26 funds that had already been approved by Congress that attempt to end local fair housing enforcement as we know it! These notices effectively make ineligible the experienced, private, non-profit fair housing organizations that have handled the vast majority of fair housing complaints for decades. HUD's practices are an extreme departure from the intent of Congress regarding the critical FHIP program and unprecedented by HUD historical standards in managing the program.

These cuts and changes to HUD's vital Fair Housing Programs would devastate community-based fair housing organizations supporting disabled veterans and other people with disabilities, families with children, seniors, Black, Latino, Asian, and Native communities, women, LGBTQ+ people, and more with securing housing free of discrimination in the middle of the nation's fair and affordable housing crisis.

As the nation is in the throes of a fair and affordable housing crisis, persistent housing discrimination, and increased homelessness, Congress must act to provide the highest possible amount for HUD appropriations and fully fund our nation's fair housing programs for FY27 and tell HUD to follow the law in awarding FY 25 and FY 26 funds.

Join us in calling on Congress to fully fund fair housing programs ensure HUD sends that money to local communities: