Fair Housing Justice Center

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on the 53rd anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. #FairHousingMonth

Welcome to #FairHousingMonth! How can you advance fair housing in your community? Way #1 - Get to know you neighbors. Learn more about the 30 Ways You Can Advance Fair Housing at www.bbcfairhousing.org/30-ways

"For too long in Albany, low-income, Black and brown tenants have suffered at the hands of landlords who did not honor their responsibility." New #FairHousing laws proposed for Albany.

April is #FairHousing Month! Take a moment to watch this special video message from FHJC Policy Coordinator Britny McKenzie about a crucial aspect of our work to #EndHousingdiscrimination.

A Chicago suburb is making an attempt at reparations. Is America ready? The first phase will provide $25,000 to a small number of eligible Black residents for home repairs, down payments or mortgage payments in a nod toward historically racist housing policies.

Vox takes a look at the push for zoning reform in CT. There are so many people who have been awakened to the importance of zoning on so many different aspects of life.

Programs that purport to make housing ‘crime free’ or free of ‘nuisances’ may not be used as tools for enacting discriminatory housing policies and practices. A settlement is reached in a case involving crime-free housing policies.

With eviction protections set to eventually expire, and the prospect of tent cities looming, Charlotte NC is considering making source-of-income a protected characteristic. Will housing discrimination become a luxury that landlords can no longer afford?

We have all been told that people ‘self-segregate.’ Let me correct this myth. Only White people have had the power and inclination to self-segregate. Milwaukee’s Reggie Jackson challenges assumptions about fair housing and the appeal of suburbia.

Our approach from the very beginning was to dismiss the idea that a business should be politically neutral, and we’ve been able to weave this focus on community and social justice into what we do. A Tacoma couple has been named Inman RE news’s 2020 Person of the Year.

A new lawsuit, and a shout-out for the FHJC. Thank you to the Fair Housing Justice Center for their continued advocacy and fighting for wheelchair accessibility." Check out our latest Opening Acts newsletter. https://www.fairhousingjustice.org//opening-acts-december/

I told her, ‘We’ve been married since 2009,’ and she said, ‘I’m going to have to call you back.’ A new settlement for a St. Louis couple.