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The NAACP has passed a resolution to promote and advocate for Federal Public Housing models that do not isolate people of color and the poor. Additionally, the National Office of the NAACP, state conferences, and local branches will monitor and pursue actions to ensure that the residents of public housing have access to social, political, economic, and educational opportunities available to all residents throughout the nation.
Fair housing
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, The NAACP will advocate for government or private programs that improve access to homeownership through subsidizing down payment assistance and closing costs for low-income families in need of assistance, and other measures that improve access.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the NAACP will advocate for and hold the federal government and the current administration to racial equity commitments that improve housing access and reduce the racial wealth gap
RENTAL HOMES
The National Office of the NAACP and its Housing Committee has historically supported the use of testing as a mechanism to prove discrimination in housing, public accommodation, and other uses.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the NAACP will establish a fair housing testing and training program with a nationally recognized housing advocacy organization to utilize best practices in identifying illegal discrimination in administrative and judicial matters and precedent to be provided to each unit of the NAACP for implementation.
Equal opportunity
NAACP urges the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Congress to initiate policies and legislation to mandate that lenders report loan modifications to credit reporting agencies indicating that those accounts are current.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the NAACP and all of its units advocate for homeownership counseling via HUD-approved counseling agencies, as well as advocate for legislative policies which prevent additional economic disaster and loss of Black wealth.