Shivaughn Ferguson

Director of Fair Housing

Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia (HOME of VA)

Shivaughn Ferguson, Director of Fair Housing, at Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia (HOME of VA) has worked in fair housing since 2012, and for about seven of those nine years, Ms. Ferguson worked at the National Fair Housing Alliance within the Fair Housing Enforcement and Investigations department. Ms. Ferguson has coordinated over 500 tests and trained over 250 testers. She has led the in-house disparate impact analysis for investigations within the rental, sales, and insurance markets. She was the principal test coordinator for a systemic lending investigation that resulted in a $4 million partnership agreement between Wells Fargo and HOME of Virginia and has opened over 140,000 apartments as a result of the investigations she led during her tenure at the National Fair Housing Alliance. Systemic investigations that Ms. Ferguson has coordinated have resulted in complaints filed in federal court, HUD, and state FHAPs. Ms. Ferguson has briefed senate staffers, the DOJ, the CFPB, state OAG offices, and state consumer protection agencies on her work. In addition to investigating discrimination under the Federal Fair Housing Act, she has developed investigations of discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, source of income, and age. Using her experience in systemic investigations, Ms. Ferguson co-led an investigation that resulted in a report detailing discrimination at Virginia auto dealerships.