CONGRESSMEMBERS SIMON, GREEN, AND WATSON COLEMAN DEMAND DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROTECT FAIR HOUSING PROGRAMS AND PROTECTIONS

Washington, Sept. 4 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressmembers Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12), Al Green (D-TX-09), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-11), sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, raising serious concerns about recent actions that threaten the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the local fair housing organizations that serve communities across the nation. The lawmakers expressed concern that HUD's proposed funding changes threaten local fair housing organizations, which handle more than 74 percent of housing discrimination complaints nationwide. Following a federal district court order blocking the ...