WELCOME TO THE CITY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA fair housing law and the Citys fair housing ordinance and City cannot fully address the shortage of decent housing stock for lowincome groups without http://phoenix.gov/GRANTNSD/cpevi.html
Extractions: Additional Actions Undertaken to Implement the Overall Strategy Assessment of Annual Performance Maps The City of Phoenix has had a Fair Housing Ordinance since 1968. This ordinance was adopted by the City Council to conform to the legislative amendments made to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and has been amended periodically to keep pace with changes in Federal law. The ordinance outlines the City's fair housing policy, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status in the sale or rental of housing and in other residential real estate related transactions. This policy is consistent with HUD's affirmative housing program administrative policy to achieve a range of housing choices for individuals of similar income levels and in housing market areas, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status.
The Urban Institute | By Author producing rental housing intended to be affordable by low and moderate-income households extent and nature of the publics knowledge of fair housing law. http://www.urban.org/template.cfm?Section=ByAuthor&NavMenuID=63&AuthorID=6447&Au
Fair Housing Plan increased incentives to businesses locating or expanding in low income areas thus in the local newspaper stating that fair housing is the law and offering http://www.high-point.net/cd/fair_housing.htm
Extractions: The City of High Point's Fair Housing Plan is prepared pursuant to 24 CFR 570.601. This section requires that the city further fair housing by meeting the requirements of Public Law 88-352 which is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Public Law 90-284 which is the Fair Housing Act; and Executive Order 11063 as amended by Executive Order 12259. This legislation provides, in part, that no person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program of activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Background and Analysis The City of High Point receives Federal funds that are used to expedite the development of affordable housing. Typically, these funds come from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (USDHUD). The funds received by the city to support affordable housing include, but are not limited to, the Community Development Block Grant program and the HOME Investment Partnership program. Additionally, the city may receive funds from the State of North Carolina, that originate from USDHUD, to advance affordable housing. Federal funds are used to support several affordable housing development activities including homeowner rehabilitation, investor-owner rehabilitation, purchase-rehab-resell, downpayment and closing costs assistance and new construction. Applications for assistance are invited from all persons regardless of race, color or national origin and received and reviewed by the city's Community Development and Housing Department. Approval or denial of applications is not subject to a person's race, color or national origin.
PRRAC - Board Of Directors a Dallasbased practice as a fair housing and community of poverty and civil rights law in Texas, where she represented primarily low-income clients in http://www.prrac.org/about_bod.php
Extractions: Fellowships/Grants John Charles Boger www.law.unc.edu Sheila Crowley is president/chief executive officer of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, DC, the country's principal policy/lobbying group on issues of housing low-income and minority households. A social worker by training, she directed for 8 years The Daily Planet, a homeless services center in Richmond, VA, taught at the Virginia Commonwealth Univ. School of Social Work, and was a Congressional Fellow on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Housing. She serves or has served on the boards of the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Housing Trust, and the Coalition for Low Income. Community Development. Thomas Henderson is Deputy Director for Litigation at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, DC. His AB is from the College of Wooster, his law degree from the Univ. of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the Lawyers Committee, he was in private practice in Pittsburgh, Adjunct Professor at the Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law and a Staff Attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services Assn. in Pittsburgh. At the Lawyers Committee he is primarily responsible for fair housing, education, environmental justice and other civil rights claims. www.lawyerscomm.org
Stillwater Housing Authority offers two major programs to help lowincome families to Plaza, provides rental housing with income-based rent. According to the Federal fair housing law it is http://pages.sbcglobal.net/stillwater_ha/
Extractions: Stillwater Housing Authority It is the mission of the Stillwater Housing Authority to promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity and a suitable living environment free from discrimination. The concepts surrounding Housing Authorities have been with us since during the late 1930s, and in the years that followed, the housing programs that were activated on the federal level were adopted by individual states. Oklahoma adopted legislation in 1965 and, as a result, passed the Oklahoma Housing Act that same year. Stillwater residents started to realize the need for a local Housing Authority in the late 1960s, but chose to initiate an Urban Renewal Program as an initial step toward the improvement of its residential neighborhood in 1970. In the years immediately following this action, as Stillwaters economic and social base started a rapid expansion, the residential needs of the Stillwater community also experienced shortages in available housing units due to increasing demand placed on the market for all types of housing. This housing shortage, combined with inflation, higher utility rates, and an increase in the number of retired persons, prompted the City of Stillwater and its Housing Advisory Board to analyze the housing needs of the community. As a first step, the city conducted a City Services Evaluation Survey in January 1977. By using direct mailing and neighborhood meetings, the city was told by over 1,000 citizens that housing, especially for the elderly, should be expanded.
KnowledgePlex: Topic: Fair Housing especially lowincome, minority, immigrant, and other disadvantaged populations. fair housing is most notably addressed by the fair housing Act, a federal law http://www.knowledgeplex.org/topic.html?c=280
Housing equity skimming and mortgage fraud, fair housing issues, FHA services offices in Florida assist lowincome clients with with respect to a housing law issue or http://www.floridalegal.org/housing.htm
Extractions: Housing Law Workgroup Page Last update: August 28, 2001 - For further information on the New "One-Strike" Regs from HUD, click here. The Housing Workgroup is an organization of legal services and legal aid attorneys from throughout the state of Florida who specialize in landlord and tenant law. The Housing Workgroup attorneys represent several thousand qualified low income tenants in landlord and tenant cases in any given year. Tenants living in private housing, public housing, Farmers Home, other assisted housing, and mobile homes are represented. Additionally, workgroup members also handle many cases involving equity skimming and mortgage fraud, fair housing issues, FHA/VA mortgages, and other related areas. Legal services offices in Florida assist low-income clients with these and other legal problems without charge for their services. To request information or assistance with respect to a housing law issue or problem from the Housing Workgroup, you may contact FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES at 1-850-385-7900, or by e-mail.
Massachusetts Coalition For The Homeless National fair housing Advocate http//www.fairhousing.com National housing law Project http//www.nhlp.org National low income housing Coalition http//www.nlihc http://www.mahomeless.org/links/links.html
Extractions: WriteMenuLink(1); About MCH WriteMenuLink(2); Are You Experiencing Homelessness? WriteMenuLink(3); Facts About Homelessness WriteMenuLink(4); Alerts WriteMenuLink(5); Legislative Advocacy Home Programs Publications Current Initiatives ... Useful Links Statewide and Local Housing, Homeless and/or Low Income Advocacy Organizations
Human Rights Fair Housing Commission in 1963 in order to offer lowincome individuals information find an online version of our fair housing Handbook, news lawyer licensed to practice law in your http://www.hrfh.org/
Extractions: The Human Rights/Fair Housing Commission of the City and County of Sacramento is dedicated to eradicating all forms of discrimination. We offer easy access to counseling, investigation, and mediation of disputes, which may arise, from acts of racism, sexism, hate crimes, or housing discrimination for the Sacramento area.
Southern Oregon Fair Housing Project Oregon AntiDiscrimination Laws. From the US HUD Office of fair housing And Equal Opportunity. This provides a source of financing for low income housing. http://www.efn.org/~fairhous/
Title VIII: Fair Housing And Equal Opportunity - HUD Programs Affirmatively Furthering fair housing), provides that give low and very low-income persons the with housing rehabilitation, housing construction, or 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);
New Hampshire Legal Assistance fair housing Project. housing discrimination issues. We ensure that lowincome people can have a voice on some of the laws and regulations that are passed by http://www.nhla.org/
Extractions: If you think you might be eligible for food stamps. Click here to use the online assessment tool. NHLA wins Supreme Court Decision on Unemployment Benefits. 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.
Fair Housing fair housing. Decent, safe, affordable housing is everyone s goal, but it s often barred 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 ... Support Our Work Advocacy Resources on Fair Housing Information Sheets News Cases ... 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 free Acrobat Reader to view and print this file. Fair Housing Cases Updated Florida Man Staves Off Eviction; AARP, Bazelon Center Hail Victory for Seniors and People with Disabilities
National Fair Housing Advocate Online Initiatives Program of the United States Department of housing and Urban HDLP has represented hundreds of lowincome clients on fair housing issues in http://www.fairhousing.com/index.cfm?method=page.display&pagename=guest_room_wil
LS-835: STEPS TO INCREASE FAIR HOUSING ACT COMPLIANCE ANNOUNCED preserves an important source of lowincome housing while ensuring that those who reap the program s financial benefits respect America s fair housing laws. . http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/ls835.htm
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.
NYS DHCR - New York State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Regulations Community Development Funding Programs. New York State low-income housing Tax Credit Program. Regulations. Statutory Authority Article 2-A of the Public housing law. SECTION 2040.14 New York State http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ocd/progs/taxcr/ocdtax10.htm
Extractions: Purpose and Background - Article 2-A of the Public Housing Law (the Law), established a State tax credit to be administered by DHCR for owners of housing for persons of low-income. The Law authorizes the Commissioner to allocate the state low income housing tax credit ("SLIHC") to eligible buildings in the state. The Law provides that the SLIHC program be administered in the same manner as the Federal low-income housing credit program ("LIHC") authorized by Section 42 of the Code and administered by the Commissioner pursuant to Subchapter A of Part 2040 and authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of the Law. All determinations by the Commissioner regarding eligibility shall be final. All the processes and procedures applicable to the LIHC Program shall apply to the SLIHC Program except as modified below. Eligibility Statement shall mean a statement issued by the Commissioner certifying that a building that has been placed in service is an eligible low-income building with a certain amount of SLIHC allowable. For purposes of SLIHC, all references to the IRS Form 8609 shall be deemed to be references to an eligibility statement for the SLIHC.
National Housing Law Project NHLP) is a national housing law and advocacy housing, by improving existing housing conditions, including by expanding and enforcing lowincome tenants and http://www.nhlp.org/
Extractions: Go directly to order form. T he National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a national housing law and advocacy center. The goal of NHLP is to advance housing justice for the poor by increasing and preserving the supply of decent affordable housing, by improving existing housing conditions, including physical conditions and management practices, by expanding and enforcing low-income tenants' and homeowners' rights, and by increasing opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. NHLP works to achieve that goal by providing legal assistance, advocacy advice and housing expertise to legal services and other attorneys, low-income housing advocacy groups, and others who serve the poor. NHLPs primary areas of emphasis are public policy advocacy, litigation assistance, training, and research and writing, focusing on issues and problems that will have the greatest impact on the housing rights of the poor. Special offer for
Fair Housing Project fair housing and fair lending laws, litigating discrimination many low and very low income individuals fair housing work extends beyond litigation and community http://www.clccrul.org/housing1.htm
Regulatory Barriers Database by the Council, to transfer up to fifty percent of its fair share housing units to onehalf of the units transferred must be in the low-income category. http://www.huduser.org/rbc/search/rbcdetails.asp?DocId=529
