On February 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice and the State of North Carolina announced that First National Bank of Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $13.5 million to …
race
HUD Update: Recent HUD Fair Housing Complaints Resolved
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced several actions related to its enforcement of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). On December 11, 2023, HUD announced …
Property Management Company Settles Housing Discrimination Case Involving Overly Broad Criminal History Exclusion Policy
Legal Aid of North Carolina recently announced it had settled a housing discrimination complaint filed with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission on behalf of an individual who was denied …
Black Homeowners Sue Appraisers Alleging Racial Discrimination
By: Hope Williams, Supervising Attorney, Fair Housing Project, Legal Aid of North Carolina When Drs. Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott, a Black married couple who are professors at Johns Hopkins …
NFHA and Interagency Task Force Issue Action-Oriented Reports to Address Bias in Appraisals
By: Hope Williams, Supervising Attorney The first months of 2022 brought significant news impacting ongoing efforts to address the legacy of discrimination in housing appraisals. In January 2022, the National …
High Point Housing Authority Settles Discrimination Case; Compensates Tenant Rejected because of Criminal Arrests and Agrees to Adopt Fair Criminal History Policy for All Tenant Applicants
Legal Aid of North Carolina recently settled a housing discrimination complaint against the High Point Housing Authority (HPHA), a public housing authority located in High Point, North Carolina. The complaint …
HUD to Review Program Policies, Regulations, and Sub-Regulatory Documents to Eliminate Barriers that Unnecessarily Prevent Individuals with Criminal Histories from Participating in HUD Programs
On April 12, 2022, Secretary Fudge issued a Memorandum recognizing that individuals with criminal histories often face barriers to obtaining and maintaining housing, including public housing, HUD-assisted housing, and HUD-insured …
Interagency Task Force Issues New Guidance on Appraisals & Fair Housing Compliance
On November 17, 2021, HUD issued a Mortgagee Letter (ML Guidance) clarifying the existing requirements for appraisers and mortgage lenders to comply with the Fair Housing Act….Read More
Court Upholds Seattle, WA, “Fair Chance” Housing Law Prohibiting Criminal History Screening
On July 6, 2021, a federal court upheld the City of Seattle’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance. See Yim v. City of Seattle, 2021 WL 2805377 (W.D. Wash. July 6, 2021). …
Housing complex settles discrimination case, adopts fair criminal history policy for tenant applicants
On March 29, 2021, Legal Aid of North Carolina announced that it had settled a housing discrimination complaint against Cypress Grove Apartments, a multifamily housing complex located in Wilmington, North …