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NAHB, NAACP Ally Against Minority Discrimination

WASHINGTON, DC-The two organizations kick off a joint-policy objective to fight discrimination.

By Erika Morphy | Updated on August 30, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC-The NAACP and the National Association of Home Builders are joining forces and resources to work against minority discrimination in the homebuilding area. The two organizations have released a report detailing their policy objectives under this initiative.

“There has historically been a lag in home ownership between minorities and Americans of European descent,” Duane Desiderio, staff vice president for legal affairs at NAHB, tells GlobeSt.com, citing a 25% lag that currently exists.

Actions the two organizations plan to take together range from lobbying efforts at all levels of government to litigation against violations of fair housing laws. Already, the two organizations have joined forces to litigate a case in Texas in which local regulations have resulted, they say, in de facto minority housing discrimination.

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