Amber Banks

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Amber Banks is president and CEO of the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs, where she leads efforts to provide capital, capacity building, and advocacy for Black-led community development financial institutions nationwide.

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From the Field

How HUD Is Seeking to Make Fighting Housing Discrimination Even Harder

July 8, 2026 | Amber Banks

Fair housing law has never been easy to enforce. But HUD’s proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for doing so.