Jeff Hicks Archives - The Washington Informer

Jeff Hicks Archives - The Washington Informer

Home Ownership, Homeownership, Supplements

Strategies to Grow Black Homeownership

by WI Guest AuthorJune 12, 2019December 21, 2021

If America is to remain a nation of homeowners, we must address the persistent barriers that minorities continue to face.

After hours of testimony before the House Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance, witnesses raise their hands in response to a question on whether homeownership discrimination against Blacks continues today. Seated left to right are: Alanna McCargo, vice president for Housing Finance Policy, Urban Institute; Nikitra Bailey, executive vice president, Center for Responsible Lending; Joseph Nery, president, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals; Jeff Hicks, president/CEO; National Association of Black Real Estate Brokers (NAREB); Carmen Castro, managing housing counselor, Housing Initiative Partnership; Joanne Poole, liaison for the National Association of Realtors; and Joel Griffith, research fellow, Financial Regulations, The Heritage Foundation. (Hazel Trice Edney/Trice Edney News Wire)

NAREB Takes Fight for Black Homeownership to Congressional Hearing

by WI Guest AuthorJune 4, 2019December 21, 2021