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Protect Immigrant Families Access to Housing

President Biden Removed Harmful Housing Policies.
More Advocacy is Needed.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule on the "public charge" regulation on September 8, adding critical protections to immigrant families' access to social safety net programs, including housing. Learn more here.

 

The Biden Administration has taken important steps to rescind, vacate, or withdraw proposed and finalized housing regulations that were intended to harm immigrant families. While these latest actions have been essential to ensure that families have access to critical housing programs, more has to be done to counteract the significant "chilling effect" caused by the previous administration's anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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Keep Families Together urges advocated to remain engaged and prepared to fight against hateful policies that hurt immigrant families.

Our Vision. Our Work. Who We Are.

Keep Families Together is a joint effort with the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) to provide resources and knowledge regarding past legislative and regulatory efforts to harm immigrant families' access to housing. While harmful policies have since been withdrawn, we believe that the preservation of this information is critical to protect, preserve, and expand future housing reforms for immigrant families.

Learn more about our work and the organizations working in partnership to support immigrant families' access to safe and affordable housing.

Access helpful resources to learn about past advocacy efforts and current actions.

Read about the previously proposed rules affecting immigrant and mixed-status immigrant families and their housing opportunities.

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The National Housing Law Project’s mission is to advance housing justice for poor people and communities.  We achieve this by strengthening and enforcing the rights of tenants, increasing housing opportunities for underserved communities, and preserving and expanding the nation’s supply of safe and affordable homes.

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Established in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare, the National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice. Our goals are to preserve existing federally assisted homes and housing resources, expand the supply of low income housing, and establish housing stability as the primary purpose of federal low income housing policy.

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CONTACT 

National Housing Law Project

T: 415 546-7000

E: Noëlle Porter, Director of Government Affairs, nporter@nhlp.org

National Low Income Housing Coalition

T: (202) 662-1530, x231

E: Kayla Blackwell, Housing Policy Analyst, kblackwell@nlihc.org

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