Northwest Fair Housing Alliance

12/11/2025

NWFHA Digital Library Updates -

12/02/2025

Support Civil Rights on Giving Tuesday -

Please support Northwest Fair Housing Alliance’s (NWFHA) efforts to help stabilize hundreds of households annually in 17 counties in E. WA with fair housing advocacy and counseling and homeless prevention services.

09/17/2025

09/04/2025

NWFHA is in the Inlander Gift Guide. Pg. 51. Please support our advocacy for civil rights if you can. Any amount helps! Thank you!!

As federal money is withheld or canceled, driving up competition for state and local funding, and tariffs start impacting the price families pay for everything...

06/20/2025

A great event yesterday! Juneteenth!

04/29/2025

NWFHA New! Print Public Service Announcements -

04/03/2025

Spokane residents are paying close attention to a proposed rent control bill that could limit rent hikes to 7% annually. Local resident Tina Hammond shared her struggles with a recent

01/31/2025

Northwest Fair Housing Alliance At Risk of Losing Federal Funding -

10/30/2024

Reports of Discriminatory Sign in Spokane

Northwest Fair Housing Alliance (NWFHA) has received several reports from the community about a discriminatory sign posted at an apartment complex in N. Spokane. The sign stated that Pacific Islander applicants would automatically be rejected.

Many people have expressed sadness, anger, shock, and confusion at seeing statements unilaterally rejecting entire populations in our community based on national origin. Some have asked if such a sign is legal. To be clear, such a statement violates the Fair Housing Act, which provides that it is unlawful:

To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, s*x, (disability), familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.

As with the distribution of discriminatory flyers, it can be difficult to determine who is responsible for placement of a discriminatory sign in an area open to the public. Representatives for the property management company deny that they placed this sign or that this is their policy and advise that the script used on the signage does not match their usual advertising. They have filed a police report for vandalism and intend to pursue legal recourse if the person(s) responsible for making the sign is identified.

If the person who placed the sign is someone who believes that they experienced housing discrimination, they are encouraged to file a fair housing complaint with a federal or state agency, or a private lawsuit, rather than making signs that violate fair housing laws and further hurt and confuse the public.

Please contact NWFHA if you have any additional information about the making and placement of the sign.

If someone believes that they have experienced housing discrimination, including the denial of a rental, due to race, color, religion, gender, s*xual orientation, national origin, disability, creed, veteran or military status, familial status, marital status, or immigration or citizenship status, they may file a complaint with the following agencies:

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development: 1-800-669-9777
https://www.hud.gov/fairhousing/fileacomplaint

Washington State Human Rights Commission:
https://www.hum.wa.gov/file-complaint

Northwest Fair Housing Alliance: (509) 325-2665
https://nwfairhouse.org/

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10/16/2024

SPOKANE, Wash. --Time is up for landlords in Spokane to comply with a city law that requires them to register their properties or face the consequences.

08/26/2024

07/25/2024

Covenant Homeownership Program Is Now Open! -

If eligible, the CHP can provide a no-interest loan covering the downpayment and closing costs, with the following terms: