Contact Congress to Restore Fair Housing Funding in the FY26 Budget

We need your help again to protect fair housing rights on Long Island – and for the entire U.S.!

You previously came out to support Long Island Housing Services when U.S. Department of Housing and Urban attempted to unlawfully terminate Fair Housing Enforcement contract in February, which is the middle of the grant year.

Now the Trump Administration is trying to end the program entirely by zeroing out the HUD Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) budget in the FY26 federal budget.  This would jeopardize the critical work we do to combat housing discrimination.

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Court Halts HUD’s and DOGE’s Termination of Grants to Fight Housing Discrimination

National Fair Housing Alliance and Long Island Housing Services Applaud Court Decision Halting HUD’s and DOGE’s Termination of Grants to Fight Housing Discrimination

Urgent: Additional Action Still Needed to Stop Loss of Long Island Fair Housing Funding!

Today, following a hearing, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts granted a temporary injunction stopping the termination of 78 Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) grants to fight housing discrimination, which includes a grant that Long Island Housing Services (LIHS)  had received and was doing work under. These grants were abruptly terminated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at the behest of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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Court asked to Halt HUD/DOGE’s Termination of Fair Housing Grants

Relman Colfax and Fair Housing Advocates Ask Court to Halt HUD’s and DOGE’s Termination of Grants to Fight Housing Discrimination

Washington, D.C.—Relman Colfax and four members of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) announce the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This legal action follows HUD’s sudden and unlawful termination of grants disbursed under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). The termination of those grants jeopardizes over $30 million in critical, congressionally authorized funding for fair housing groups to fight housing discrimination and enforce fair housing laws throughout the country.

The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court in the District of Massachusetts, is brought on behalf of a proposed class of more than 60 fair housing groups whose grants were abruptly terminated by HUD and DOGE on February 27, 2025. [Though not a named plaintiff, Long Island Housing Services, Inc. is one of the fair housing groups that had $1 Million in grants unlawfully terminated, thereby denying service to Long Islanders.] Plaintiffs have moved for a temporary restraining order (TRO). (more…)

Trump Administration Guts Fair Housing

Fair housing advocates denounce the Trump Administration’s newest effort to eliminate a critical desegregation tool and call on the President to concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a pandemic. (more…)

1000s Submit Comments Opposing HUD’s Attack on Civil Rights Protection

Businesses, Policymakers, Advocates, Experts speak out

Supporters from fair housing, education, health, technology, finance, government & law challenge HUD proposal to gut disparate impact tool under the Fair Housing Act as comment period ends
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Join statewide Day of Action Thursday Oct 10th

LIHS Joins other NYS Civil Rights groups opposing
HUD’s undermining of the Disparate Impact Rule

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HUD Offers $150 Million to Provide Affordable Housing to People with Disabilities

Funding expected to help approximately 18,000 non-elderly persons with disabilities

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Transforming Public Housing into Book-Rich Environments Reaches One Million Books

WASHINGTON – In just its third year, a national campaign to promote literacy and a life-long love of reading has distributed one million books to children living in public housing. The Book-Rich Environments Initiative (BRE) is a collaboration aimed to transform public housing authorities (PHAs) into book-rich environments by providing diverse, high quality books and other literacy tools to children and families living in HUD-assisted housing (more…)

HUD Charges Facebook With Housing Discrimination over Company’s Targeted Advertising Practices

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act by encouraging, enabling, and causing housing discrimination through the company’s advertising platform. Read HUD’s Charge against Facebook. (more…)

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