A letter sent by lawyers for the non-profit organization Texas Housers (the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service) outlined the city of Houston’s continued violation of Title VI, a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity in programs that receive federal funds. The letter, delivered to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson late last week, was followed up by a letter of support signed by housing and homelessness organizations nationwide as well the ACLU, the NAACP, and PolicyLink.
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Ltr from National Partners to HUD Re. Houston Title VI 11.29.2017
A letter sent by lawyers for the non-profit organization Texas Housers (the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service) outlined the city of Houston’s continued violation of Title VI, a fe…