June Edition of "Fair Housing E-News"

FAIR HOUSING E-NEWS

June, 2023

Welcome to this edition of Fair Housing E-News! This newsletter is produced by the GBCHRB

as a public service. More info/resources: http://www.gbchrb.org. Just a few of the headlines are:

NLIHC’s Out Of Reach 2023: The High Cost Of Housing Shows Rents are Moving Further out of Reach for Low-Income Renters As Pandemic-Era Benefit Programs Expire.

Read the NLIHC Summary of its 2023 Out of Reach report.

Out of Reach 2023 is available at: https://nlihc.org/oor.

Study Finds Baltimore Children who moved from High-Poverty to Low-Poverty Areas had Improved Asthma. Read the May 16, 2023 Baltimore Sun article.

Maryland Finds Erie Insurance Illegally Rejected Baltimore Auto Customers in Minority Neighborhoods. Read the June 6, 2023 Baltimore Sun article. Read the June 1, 2023 Baltimore Banner article.

Justice Department Secures Over $3 Million Redlining Settlement Involving ESSA Bank & Trust in Philadelphia. www.justice.gov/fairhousing.

Federal Housing Administration Launches 30 New Resources to Remove Language Barriers in Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese for Borrowers.

Read the June 13, 2023 HUD release.

KeyBank & Capital One Lose Their Access To New York City’s Business. "NYC Regulator Halts City Deposits at Key Bank, Capital One," Banking Dive, May 26, 2023. NCRC Just News/ May 25, 2023 Press Release.

To read this issue of Fair Housing E-News: fhnews2023jun.pdf.

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 HAPPY LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH!

Regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month, Mayor Brandon M. Scott said in his May 31st Newsletter: "With this month also being Pride Month, we also celebrate our LGBTQ+ immigrant communities, who have made countless contributions to our history, whether in Baltimore or beyond. Know someone who deserves to be celebrated this month? Give them a shoutout on social media using the hashtag #BmoreWelcoming and tagging @mimabaltimore."

While celebrating the contributions of LGBTQ leaders, friends and family, it is important to emphasize that there are still many issues in the path to equality. Because Immigrant Heritage Month coincides with Pride Month, the Human Rights Campaign commented:

"Ensuring safe places and supportive environments are especially important for LGBTQ immigrants. According to information provided by ICE in response to a request by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), LGBTQ immigrants are detained twice as long as other immigrants and also face lengthy stays in solitary confinement despite ICE regulations that stipulate its use as a last resort. 

For transgender women, the situation is even more precarious. Trans women were detained on average more than twice the average length of detainment of all immigrants held in ICE custody during fiscal year 2017. Transgender people have also consistently reported harassment, assault and maltreatment from ICE officers due to their transgender status."

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Sources:

Mayor Brandon M. Scott's Bi-weekly Newsletter - "What's the 410?" - Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

https://www.hrc.org/news/marking-immigrant-heritage-month-with-lgbtq-pride.