National Low Income Housing Coalition NLIHC Reports, Research and Resources Poll Majority Feel America Losing Ground on Low Income Housing Policy, 7/1/05 (.pdf file) http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Homes And Communities - U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Oversees home ownership, lowincome housing assistance, fair housing laws, homelessness, aid for distressed neighborhoods, and housing development http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Income - Home Frequently Asked Questions Current Income Data. Alternative Income Estimates in the United States 2003 (P60228) PDF http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Poverty - Home Current Poverty Data. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States 2003. Detailed Poverty Tables 2003 http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Apartments For Rent Affordable Housing Section 8 Q A Section 8 Q A List Apartments Text Version Housing Authority Search Rent/Income Calculator Browse Apartments Contact Us http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Habitat For Humanity International A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide. Searchable site includes http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Housing Assistance Council Home Helps local organizations in rural America build affordable homes. Includes information about loans, technical assistance, training, links http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Low Income Credit Help On Offer Families in Leicester on low incomes or in debt can now seek help from a new advice and loan service. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Center On Budget And Policy Priorities A public policy advocacy organization specializing in federal budget issues from a lowincome perspective. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
The Enterprise Foundation Supports 1200+ communitybased nonprofits creating homes affordable to low-income Americans. Site offers funding applications timelines, resource http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Fair Housing Seniors and the fair housing Act, an article from The Iowa law Review by There are two main reasons too little lowincome housing and too much http://www.bazelon.org/issues/housing/
Extractions: If you are seeing this message, it is because you are using an old browser that does not support web standards. Content on www.bazelon.org will be visible, but may not display properly. Similarly, you may experience difficulties printing pages from this site. To make better use of this and other web sites, we highly recommend that you install a newer web browser: Internet Explorer Opera About Us Issues ... Donate Now Advocacy Resources on Fair Housing Information Sheets News Cases ... For the Rest of Their Lives: Seniors and the Fair Housing Act , an article from The Iowa Law Review by Robert G. Shwemm and Michael Allen (This is a PDF document; You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view and print this file) Bazelon Center, Housing Advocates Criticize Proposed Rule Change for Supportive Housing Program Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: Good Samaritan Under-Funded Why Does the Business Manager Need My Complete Medical History? An Examination of Housing Discrimination in Long-Term Care : An article by Bazelon Center senior staff attorney Michael Allen and Eric Carlson, reprinted with permission of NAELA (March 2004). This article is presented in PDF format; You will need the
Housing Law new Abused Women Your fair housing Rights (March 2005) low income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps lowincome Mainers pay for their winter fuel http://www.ptla.org/ptlasite/housingindex.htm
Extractions: Home Links Legal Help Court Forms ... Maine Court Rules Pine Tree Legal information It's time to file for your Tax or Rent Rebate from the State of Maine. It's money in your pocket! More people are eligible for more money this year. Get more details here. Rights of Tenants in Maine (revised May 2004)
Ky Human Rights Commission- Fair Housing Laws Kentucky s fair housing law forbids discrimination in housing because of a person s color, fair housing Institute National low income housing Coalition. http://www.state.ky.us/agencies2/kchr/housinglaws.htm
Extractions: Kentucky's Fair Housing Law forbids discrimination in housing because of a person's color, religion, race, sex, national origin, familial status or disability. It is unlawful for a real estate operator, broker, or sales agent to: It is unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of any housing rights. It is unlawful for a financial institution to: discriminate in the granting, rates, terms, conditions or services of financial assistance in real estate transactions
Fair Housing Training Outline The purpose of fair housing law is to create a housing market system free of Eugene CHRB results to date= $255000 for low income/protected class http://www.efn.org/~fairhous/training.shtml
Extractions: "Peculiar Paradise" Oregon Revised Statutes 659.121: Housing Discrimination 1995. Oregon Revised Statutes 90.110: Landlord/Tenant Law 1995. C: Local Top of page. 2: Fair Housing Law Basics The purpose of Fair Housing law is to create a housing market system free of interference from discrimination based on: A: Federal Law: The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.
CPS Report, FINAL REPORT, JANUARY 1999 lowincome set-aside (different application terms) in private housing projects. The fair housing Web Site will publish the new law as soon as it is http://www.efn.org/~fairhous/cpsrept/cps.shtml
Extractions: The Southern Oregon Fair Housing Project LANDLORD /TENANT COOPERATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING TEAM (CPS) FINAL REPORT, JANUARY 1999 Cooperative Problem Solving for Crisis Housing Issues The purpose for forming the CPS Team was to bring together the expertise of landlords and tenants to creatively overcome the barriers created for low-income/protected class persons by certain rental application criteria (such as "income three times the rent" and certain credit/rental history/criminal criteria). The CPS Team primarily attempted to make "quick fixes" in application criteria barriers and immediately let some low-income protected/class citizens into the rental market. The CPS Team also outlined the scope of application criteria barriers as they saw it, made long and short term recommendations for lessening the application barriers and clarified the actions required. The CPS Team and the Southern Oregon Fair Housing Project (SOFHP) have succeeded in implementing short term goals and will be seeking resources to implement long term activity beyond the life of this grant. CPS Meetings The CPS team met monthly between April and August 1998. Team members included:
Housing Law | Issues @ LSNC.net fair housing housing Agencies housing law Issues housing Programs low income housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) subsidy program protected under the http://www.lsnc.net/housing_law_issues.html
Housing Agencies & Organizations @ LSNC.net fair housing housing Agencies housing law Issues housing Programs National low income housing Coalition (NLIHC). 2004 Advocates Guide to housing and http://www.lsnc.net/housing_agencies.html
Extractions: Northern California, Inc. California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) - source of below-market interest rate loans for affordable housing development; also administers: Homeownership Programs California Housing Law Project - valuable site for updates, summaries, and data on pending California low-income housing legislation, offers email newsletters for latest info. California Redevelopment Association (CRA) - website for association of redevelopment agencies and allied firms. California Tax Credit Allocation Committee @ California Treasurer - state and federal tax credit financing program for affordable rental housing development.
Land Use Law The New Jersey fair housing Act establishes a new state agency, fair shares of low and moderate-income housing to be assigned to each municipality. http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/fairhousingact.html
Extractions: Chapter 4: Equity Issues in Land Use: "Exclusionary Zoning" and Fair Housing B. Exclusionary Zoning and Affordable Housing: State Law [After the legislature failed to adopt conflicting resolutions on the Mount Laurel doctrine, including a resolution for a constitutional amendment intended to repeal the doctrine, the legislature] enacted a new Fair Housing Act, N.J. Stat. §§_52:27D-301 to -334, in order to satisfy "the constitutional obligation enunciated by the Supreme Court" in the Mount Laurel cases and to provide for "resolution of existing and future disputes involving exclusionary zoning" through "the mediation and review process" set forth in the Act rather than by litigation, and "to provide various alternatives to the use of the builder's remedy as a method of achieving fair share housing." ( Id. The heart of the New Jersey Fair Housing Act is N.J. Stat. §_52:27D-310, which provides as follows: A municipality's housing element shall be designed to achieve the goal of access to affordable housing to meet present and prospective housing needs, with particular attention to low and moderate income housing, and shall contain at least:
National Low Income Housing Coalition: 2005 Advocates' Guide Is it affirmatively furthering fair housing as it must under law? The National fair housing Alliance National low income housing Coalition (NLIHC) http://www.nlihc.org/advocates/fairhousing.htm
Extractions: Fair Housing The Federal Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968 and amended in 1974 and 1988, protects individuals and families from discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, color, religion, sex, familial status (children in the home), and disability in all housing transactions, public and private. HUD's fair housing programs are the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). FHIP received funding of only $20 million in FY05. The Administration has proposed to cut funding in FY06 to $16.1 million, a 20% cut. Through this already modest program, fewer than half of eligible fair housing centers are currently funded. With these already limited funds, non-profit organizations carry out the daunting tasks of educating the community (individuals, organizations, the housing industry) about the nation's Fair Housing Act and enforcing the Act with activities including testing. The Administration has also proposed to cut funding in FY06 for the Fair Housing Assistance Program to $22.7 million from $26.5 million, a 15% cut. This program funds state and local governmental agencies conducting fair housing, including civil rights commissions, etc. The Program The Federal Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968 and amended in 1974 and 1988, protects individuals and families from discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, color, religion, sex, familial status (children in the home), and disability in all housing transactions, public and private. HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is responsible for the administration of fair housing programs and for processing fair housing complaints. The Civil Rights Division of U.S. Department of Justice is responsible for litigating on behalf of the federal government in cases of fair housing violations.
National Low Income Housing Coalition: The NIMBY Report New Jersey Does fair Share law Require State Sports Authority to Provide Affordable California lowincome Community Opposition to Affordable housing http://www.nlihc.org/nimby/
Extractions: for inclusive communities NIMBY Not In My Back Yard has become the symbol for the neighborhoods to exclude certain people because they are homeless, poor, disabled, or because of their race or ethnicity. The NIMBY Report supports inclusive communities by sharing news of the NIMBY syndrome and efforts to overcome it. Published for nearly 10 years by the American Friends Service Committee, it is now published by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, in collaboration with the Building Better Communities Network The NIMBY Report is distributed monthly as a supplement to NLIHCs Memo to Members . Semi-annual issue reports are also published. Semi-annual Reports September, 2004 : Fifty Years Later: Brown V. Board of Education and Housing Opportunity 2003, Issue 2 : Deconstructing "Deconcentration" 2003, Issue 1 : Getting to YIMBY: Lessons in YES In My Back Yard Fall 2002 : Using Civil Rights Laws to Advance Affordable Housing (in Adobe Acrobat format) Spring 2002 : The Olmstead Factor: Integrating Housing for People with Disabilities (in Adobe Acrobat format) Fall 2001 : Does Design Make A Difference?
