HOUSING ADVOCACY

Having housing laws in place that protect our rights is a great start, but we'd like to see everyone have a strong appreciation of diversity and human rights in housing. As part of our ongoing work, FHOM is a tireless advocate for fair housing in courts, meetings with elected officials, corporate board rooms, and the media.

Ultimately, these goals include:

• Eliminating discriminatory housing preferences,
• Creating maximum accessibility in affordable housing for people with disabilities,
• Assisting cities and developers to create inclusive affirmative marketing plans, (Model Affirmative Marketing Plan and Affirmative Marketing Policy Guide )
• Adopting non-discriminatory housing preferences policies,
• Building more than the required 5% accessible housing units,
• Marketing new housing units aggressively to racial and ethnic minorities,
• Increasing the number of reasonable accommodation agreements between landlords and persons with disabilities, and,
• Assisting homeowners to rid their deeds of illegal restrictive covenants.

  Visit our News section to learn about some of our advocacy successes. Or read about our Regional Audits.