Congresswoman Lee Celebrates Passage of Her Amendment to Increase Funds to Prevent Housing Discrimination
Washington, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee celebrated the passage of her amendment to the Transportation Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill to increase funding to the Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP), which helps prevent housing discrimination. The amendment was co-sponsored by Congressman Al Green (D-TX).
“I am pleased that we were able to increase funding to fight housing discrimination,” said Congresswoman Barbara Lee. “Safe access to quality housing is a basic human right and housing discrimination in any form cannot be tolerated. While these additional funds help mitigate cuts to FHIP, funding levels remain unacceptably low and I will keep fighting for resources to ensure all Americans have equal access to housing.”
The amendment increased funding for HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program by $10 million. FHIP provides competitive grants to private, non-profit entities for critical education and enforcement services to prevent housing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, familial status, and other factors.
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Congresswoman Lee is a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees, the Steering and Policy Committee, is a Senior Democratic Whip, as well as the Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), where she serves as the Co-Chair of the CPC Peace and Security Task Force.