National Fair Housing Month

April is National Fair Housing Month, a time to reflect on the ongoing challenges and progress in achieving equitable housing for all. Zillow believes everyone deserves to find a home free from discrimination. 

Zillow research consistently shines a light on the systemic inequalities that persist in the housing market and offers pathways to solutions through dedicated research and by making much of Zillow’s housing data freely available for other researchers and organizations.

Zillow's commitment to fair housing extends beyond research. Zillow advocates for policies and develops tools that ensure everyone has a fair shot at access to housing. 

For Zillow, fair housing is a focus year round. We have compiled a selection of our recent research on fair housing here, and we encourage you to read and share it.

• Privately Listed Homes Disproportionately Harm Sellers of Color
• Off-MLS Home Sellers Left More Than $1 Billion on the Table the Past Two Years
• Building More Housing, Improving Credit Reporting: Best First Steps to Boost Black Homeownership 
• Hispanic Homeowners Narrow Home Value Gap to Smallest Margin on Record
• Nearly Half of Renters Are Cost Burdened, Highlighting The Need For More Assistance
• Racial Mortgage Readiness Gap Continues To Shrink
• The Impact of Credit Insecurity on Homeownership Rates and Affordability
• LGBTQIA+ Home Shoppers Face a Costly Trade-Off for Legal Protections
• Soaring Rent Put More Families At Risk, More Funding and Program Fixes For Market-Based Housing Choice Vouchers Could Help
• Black Owned Home Values Appreciated the Fastest During the Pandemic
• Three Roommates or Four Jobs Needed to Afford a Two-Bedroom Rental on Minimum Wage
• Black-White Homeownership Gap Narrows During Pandemic
• LGBTQ+ Renters Face More Challenges, Including Higher Up-Front Costs
• Renters of Color Pay Higher Security Deposits, More Application Fees
• Black Mortgage Applicants Denied 84% More Often than White Borrowers
• Where the Rent Burden is Most Unequal Across Racial Communities
• How the Latinx-White Wealth Gap has Shrunk – and Why There’s Still So Much Farther to Go
• Where You Live Matters: Access to Key Amenities is Worse in Communities of Color
• Rapid Growth of Asian-Headed Households Hides Significant Inequality
• Housing Gains Could Increase Black Wealth More than Half a Trillion Dollars by 2031
• Expanding Access to Credit Could Shrink the Homeownership Race Gap
• Neighborhoods monopolized by single-detached houses skew whiter, more racially segregated in all top 50 US housing markets
• LGBT Home Buyers May Be Priced Out of Areas With Legal Protections From Discrimination
• Home Values Remain Low in Vast Majority of Formerly Redlined Neighborhoods
• How the Housing Bust Widened the Wealth Gap for Communities of Color