Extractions: Not Just the Law, Its the Right Thing to Do By John F. Tenbusch, Planner I, St. Lawrence County Planning Office April, 1999 Fair housing is the law: it involves legal protection when housing choice is restricted on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, handicap or other protected class. Both intentional discrimination and actions and conditions that have the effect of limiting choice are prohibited. In order to obtain local compliance with Federal law, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has had a long-standing mandate requiring state and local jurisdictions and housing providers receiving HUD funds to meet certain standards or take specific actions to affirmatively further fair housing. These have included passage of local fair housing laws, fair housing marketing requirements, tenant selection and assignment criteria, program accessibility, reasonable accommodations, and other activities. HUD requires local communities to certify that they affirmatively further fair housing as a condition of receiving Federal funds; HUD defines this obligation as requiring the grantee to conduct an analysis to identify impediments to fair housing choice within the community; take appropriate actions to overcome the effects of identified impediments; and to maintain records concerning the local analysis and activities.
Office Of Fair Housing And Equal Opportunity (FHEO) - HUD HUD has charged two landlords with violating the fair housing Act by As a result, HACP will create 264 fullyaccessible units for low-income persons http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/index.cfm
Extractions: At Your Service Have you experienced housing discrimination? If you think you have experienced housing discrimination, you may download the Housing Discrimination Complaint Form or complete online and submit. You may also write HUD a letter, or telephone the HUD Office nearest you. Please feel free to email us or contact us at and for the hearing impaired, please call TTY (800) 927-9275 if you need any additional information about housing discrimination. Fair Housing Public Service Announcements Our award-winning ad campaign helps raise awareness of housing discrimination and calls on the public to report discrimination to HUD. The ads can be seen and heard on TV and radio nationwide. This spring, we launched three new radio ads, which are being broadcast across the country.
Title VIII: Fair Housing And Equal Opportunity - HUD Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (fair housing Act) prohibits discrimination in ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES for low and VERY low-income PERSONS http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/progdesc/title8.cfm
Extractions: (Programs Administered by FHEO) The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) administers and enforces major legislation that ensures equal access to housing, guarantees equal opportunity in all HUD programs and prohibits, to a limited extent, discrimination in employment with respect to HUD programs. Basic components of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity are as follows: Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of dwellings based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Title VIII was amended in 1988 (effective March 12, 1989) by the Fair Housing Amendments Act, which: expanded the coverage of the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on disability or on familial status (presence of child under age of 18, and pregnant women);
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 ... Fair Housing Fair Housing Information Sheet #13 Live-In Aides as Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act and Related Laws February 2005 (Compiled and written with the support of the Technical Assistance Support Center, National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems) A. There are four basic kinds of rental housing generally available to people with disabilities: Public Housing: Units owned and managed by a local public housing authority (PHA) that operate under federal rules that prioritize occupancy for low- and moderate-income people and establish minimum requirements for accessibility. Public housing will be subject to the FHA, ADA and Section 504. Project-Based Subsidized Housing: Units owned by private entities who receive either a mortgage subsidy or a monthly operating subsidy for specific units, or both, in order to make them affordable for low- and moderate-income people. These units will be subject to the FHA and Section 504. Because they are not owned by a public entity, the ADA will not apply.
New Hampshire Legal Assistance Legal assistance to enforce fair housing laws, from investigation and testing We ensure that lowincome people can have a voice on some of the laws and http://www.nhla.org/nhlafhp.php
Extractions: New Hampshire Legal Assistance is a non-profit law firm offering free legal services to seniors and eligible low-income persons. New Hampshire Legal Assistance provides free legal help to low-income and elderly persons who cannot afford a private attorney. NH Legal Assistance handles legal matters involving health care, public and private housing issues, food stamps, welfare, unemployment compensation, utility shut-off and nursing home problems. Our offices are open Monday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
New Hampshire Legal Assistance Manchester, NH The fair housing Project (FHP) of New Hampshire Legal We ensure that lowincome people can have a voice on some of the laws and http://www.nhla.org/fhdiscrim.php
Extractions: New Hampshire Legal Assistance is a non-profit law firm offering free legal services to seniors and eligible low-income persons. New Hampshire Legal Assistance provides free legal help to low-income and elderly persons who cannot afford a private attorney. NH Legal Assistance handles legal matters involving health care, public and private housing issues, food stamps, welfare, unemployment compensation, utility shut-off and nursing home problems. Our offices are open Monday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Manchester, NH The Fair Housing Project (FHP) of New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) has successfully concluded efforts to address the statewide problem of classified ads in newspapers that violate the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) by discriminating against families with children. Ads violate the FHA if they state a preference for adults only or for no children in housing that is not exclusively for senior citizens, or if they somehow limit access to housing for families with children.
NHLP: Fair Housing AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL fair housing LAWS. http//www.nlihc.org/oor99/ (National low income housing Coalition s Out of Reach). http://www.nhlp.org/html/fair/outline.htm
NHLP: Housing Preservation The National housing law Project testified at this hearing and submitted written Note While the Emergency lowincome housing Preservation Act of 1987 http://www.nhlp.org/html/pres/index.cfm
Extractions: Recent Developments NHLP sponsors an e-mail discussion group on preservation, and sends this group a periodic e-newsletter of significant developments. Here are the first two newsletters: NHLP Preservation e-News #1 (Nov. 2002) NHLP Preservation e-News #2 (Dec. 2002) , and NHLP Preservation-News #3 (May 2003) In October 2002, the Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation held an oversight hearing with HUD officials concerning housing preservation. The National Housing Law Project testified at this hearing and submitted written testimony . The Subcommittee also posed written questions to HUD, and in January 2003 the agency provided
DisabilityInfo.gov: Housing: Laws And Regulations: Fair Housing Act Compliance with fair housing Act for low income housing Tax Credit Properties Summary of fair housing laws, including the fair housing Act. http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=
Extractions: Fighting Back Against Housing Discrimination More than 30 years after passage of the federal Fair Housing Act, housing discrimination continues to harm millions of Americans. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that each year 2.5 million people are victims of housing discrimination. The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status (with children under 18) and disability. The law covers many kinds of housing transactions, including rentals, home sales, mortgage lending, homeowner's insurance, home improvement and zoning. In some states and municipalities, fair housing laws also protect residents from discrimination based on sexual preference and/or age. If you believe you were treated unfairly in a rental or real estate transaction because of who you are, you have a right to file a housing discrimination complaint. Call HUD at 1-800-669-9777 for information about filing a complaint.
You Have A Right To Fair Housing SSI or other public assistance and does not require this from other lowincome tenants. In Vermont, fair housing laws cover all landlords, except http://www.vtlawhelp.org/Home/PublicWeb/Pages/Housing/FairHousing
Extractions: Your housing rights are protected under federal and state law. This means that it is against the law for anyone to treat another person differently in housing situations like renting or home buying because that person is a member of a protected class (group) of people. Federal law which covers all states, says that tenants or home buyers cannot be treated differently in their search for housing or denied housing on the basis of their: Race Religion Vermont law adds additional categories of people who are protected against discrimination. In addition to the categories listed above, in Vermont it is also illegal to treat renters and buyers differently on the basis of their: Marital status (whether you are single or married) Sexual orientation (whether you are homosexual or heterosexual) Age Receipt of public assistance (whether you are receiving any kind of public assistance such as ReachUp, SSI, food stamps or rent assistance such as Section 8.
Fair Housing Laws This is against fair housing laws. Lean more in this document from the National Are you lowincome? Are you a victim of abuse? Do you have a disability? http://www.vtlawhelp.org/Home/PublicWeb/Library/Index/1690000/1690100/FairHousin
Office Of Housing Programs Purpose To provide an opportunity for low and moderate income City in the Alexandria housing market and promote compliance with fair housing laws. http://www.ci.alexandria.va.us/city/housing/programs.html
Extractions: Description: This annual event features real estate professionals, lenders, and a variety of nonprofit agencies who can offer current information on the home purchase process. Fair attendees can learn about a range of issues related to buying a home including how to qualify for a mortgage, how to overcome past credit issues, how to purchase with little money down, and the availability of special homeownership assistance programs. Seminars are held in English and Spanish. The Homeownership Fair is held on a Saturday in early spring. Individuals interested in participating in the Fair should contact the Office of Housing for the current year's schedule.
Housing Crisis For Seniors In Los Angeles Public housing. List of Public housing agencies. fair housing agencies CES organizes low and moderate income tenants (of privately owned rental housing http://www.la4seniors.com/housing.htm
Extractions: Housing Crisis, Evictions, Homelessness Finding affordable housing is currently a difficult problem for seniors in Los Angeles. You can contact the Multipurpose Senior Center closest to you for assistance with housing in your community. Finding affordable housing and dealing with the eviction of long-term senior tenants are among the most difficult problems currently affecting elders and senior centers in the Los Angeles area. Several elements contribute to the current housing crisis for seniors: A shortage of affordable apartments, Rising market-rate rents, Rent control laws (Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood) In Los Angeles, the law prevents landlords from raising rents more than 3% per year until a tenant moves out. The law also allows landlords to evict tenants in order to make repairs of $10,000 or more per unit. It has become increasingly profitable for landlords to consider this option to replace long-term tenants with low rents. A moratorium affecting these evictions is in place since July 2002. For more details, please see this City of Los Angeles Rent Stabilization bulletin.
Housing The Shriver Centers housing attorneys advocate to preserve lowincome housing The Shriver Center advances fair housing and serves as an integral player http://www.povertylaw.org/advocacy/index.cfm?action=housing
Fair Housing: the commission that the area has a high percentage of lowincome residents and The use permit requirement runs afoul of fair housing laws only if it http://www.asu.edu/caed/proceedings97/james.html
Extractions: , a quarterly journal published by Continuing Education of the Bar-California, Berkeley, CA." Even its most jaundiced critics have to admit that America experienced dramatic social change in the 1950s and 1960s. The civil rights movement, which began in the early 1950s and culminated in the late 1960s, removed numerous barriers that had relegated more than 10 percent of the American population to legal second-class citizenship probably since the founding of the Republic and certainly since the decision in Plessey v Ferguson (1896) 163 US 537, 41 L Ed 256, 16 S Ct 1138. While most of the major battles of the civil rights revolution were fought at the grass roots level, the United States Congress and federal court system each played a significant role in effecting social change. In 1954, the United States Supreme Court struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in public schools. Brown v Board of Education. (1954) 347 US 483, 98 L Ed 873, 74 S Ct 686. Fourteen years later, the United States Congress enacted the Fair Housing Act (the Act), 42 USC §3601, Pub L 90-284, 82 Stat 81 (1968), to prohibit discrimination in housing based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. Twenty years later the Act was expanded by the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988 (FHAA)(Pub L 100-430, 102 Stat 1619) to provide protection for individuals with "handicaps." 42 USC §§3602(h); 3604(c)-(f); 3605; 3606; and 3631.
Extractions: The Departments of Treasury, Justice, and Housing and Urban Development announced steps today to ensure that low-income housing tax credit projects are in compliance with the Fair Housing Act. "The low-income housing tax credit has led to the creation of more than one million units of affordable housing for low-income Americans," said Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers. "This agreement will help to ensure that discrimination is not a barrier to affordable housing for any American." "Housing discrimination should not pay," said HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo. "This agreement preserves an important source of low-income housing while ensuring that those who reap the program's financial benefits respect America's fair housing laws." "No one should face discrimination when trying to find a home," said Attorney General Janet Reno. "We hope this agreement will help expand housing opportunities by bringing together Federal agencies to enforce civil rights laws." Under this agreement, the Departments of Treasury, Justice, and HUD will establish a monitoring and compliance process to ensure that low-income housing tax credit properties meet the requirements of the Fair Housing Act. Justice and HUD will provide notice to the IRS and state housing finance agencies of enforcement actions brought under the Fair Housing Act involving tax-credit property owners. The IRS, in turn, will notify involved property owners that a finding of discrimination could result in the loss of tax credits.
Fair Housing Council Of Montgome designed to inform renters and homebuyers about fair housing laws; is powered by civilrights.org The National low income housing Coalition http://fairhousingmontco.org/Resources/Resource Lists/Related_links.htm
Extractions: Fair Housing Council of Montgomery County Dedicated to ending housing discrimination Related links a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Abington ACT ACORN Affordable Housing Resource Center Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Center for Community Change provides community-based organizations with organization, outreach, fundraising, and financial management which helps community groups find financing for housing and employment projects and works to create a network connecting organizations with similar missions.
