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Fair housing testers warn HUD funding cuts would halt Boston audit testing; Suffolk asks council for $200,000
Summary
Suffolk University's housing testing director told the council the region's fair-housing testing work is funded largely by HUD and at risk; she asked the city to budget $200,000 to sustain testing and legal outreach.
Kelly Viera, director of investigations and outreach at the Housing Discrimination Testing Program at Suffolk University, told the City Council ways and means committee April 28 that local fair-housing testing capacity is at immediate risk if federal HUD funding is reduced.
"Testing is like secret shopping for the rental market," Viera said in public testimony, describing the program's role in documenting discrimination against voucher holders and other protected classes. She said the program's 2020 study "Qualified Renters Need Not Apply" found…
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