John Trasvina | MomsRising

John Trasviña is the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and espanol.hud.gov. You can also follow HUD on Twitter at @HUDnews or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HUD or sign up for news alerts on HUD's News Listserv.

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Paid Family Leave

September 10, 2012

Last week, we announced a $20,000 settlement , the latest in a series of important HUD enforcement actions across the country to address denials of home loans to women because they are pregnant or on maternity leave. We are able to aggressively pursue this type of discrimination because of the help and engagement of MomsRising and all of its members. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability. Refusing to approve a...

MomsRising Together

August 3, 2012

FORT WORTH, TX -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that Waterstone Mortgage Corporation, based in Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $27,000 to settle allegations that Cadence Lending, formerly owned by Waterstone, and two employees refused financing for the mortgage of a woman because she was on maternity leave. She was seeking to purchase in the Round Rock area. HUD reached the agreement with Waterstone to resolve three Fair Housing Act complaints filed as a result of the denial -- one for the applicant, another for her realtor, as well as for the...

MomsRising Together

January 26, 2012

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging the owner of a 24-unit apartment building in Holyoke, Massachusetts, with housing discrimination for denying units to families that have children. HUD’s charge alleges that Nilma Fichera, who owns and manages New York-based N.A.G. Realty, LLC, violated the Fair Housing Act when she refused to show or rent apartments to families with children because she could not certify that the building was free of lead-based paint. HUD guidance on the investigation of Fair Housing Act and in its lead regulations...

MomsRising Together

June 24, 2011

Last year I visited Spokane, Washington, for a listening session on housing discrimination issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals and families. After hearing a number of compelling stories, I met Mitch and Michelle, a couple with children, a family like any other. But Mitch had been denied the opportunity to add Michelle to his public housing voucher for the sole reason that he was transgender and therefore Mitch and Michelle did not fit into the public housing authority's definition of family. Mitch and Michelle are not alone. A recent study demonstrates how...

MomsRising Together

June 7, 2011

When President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law in 1968, the Act did not include women, families with children and people with disabilities. Since then, advocates and public officials strengthened the Act and today the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development uses these powers to prevent, combat and remedy lending discrimination against pregnant women. Following a ten month investigation, my Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) at HUD took a major first step to ensure fair lending for women on maternity leave in a case first brought to national attention...

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With your help, we will put a stop to maternity leave discrimination

Waterstone Mortgage Agrees To Pay $27,000 To Settle Maternity Discrimination Claims Over Round Rock, Texas Home

HUD Charges MA Apartment Building Owner With Discriminating Against Families With Children

LGBT Housing Discrimination in 2011: A Time for Pride and Action

Ending Pregnancy-Related Lending Discrimination is a Priority for HUD and America’s Families