The final report of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, officially released on December 9 at a press conference held in Washington D.C., is now posted on the PRRAC (Poverty & Race Research Action Council) webpage. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act, the Commission was formed to find ways to address the presently virtually non-existent fair housing enforcement at the federal level, particularly in light of persistent racially segregated housing patterns in most U.S. cities and suburbs and ongoing housing discrimination against people of color, people with disabilities and others. The Commission is co-chaired by former HUD Secretaries Jack Kemp and Henry Cisneros. The Commission’s recommendations include creating an independent fair housing enforcement agency to replace the existing moribund structure at HUD, incorporating fair housing principles into foreclosure relief implementation (e.g., ensuring that neighborhood stabilization funds counter, rather than exacerbate racial segregation), actually ensuring compliance with the obligation of federal housing programs to “affirmatively further fair housing”, and adopting a regional approach to fair housing.