Jeffrey D. Dillman passed away peacefully but unexpectedly on January 22. Jeff was a co-director of Legal Aid of NC’s Fair Housing Project, which seeks to challenge housing discrimination on both an individual and systemic level throughout our state. Jeff’s untimely passing at the age of 58 has taken away both a dear friend as …
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Fair Housing Project releases updated State of Fair Housing report
Discrimination based on race and disability continued to account for the vast majority of housing discrimination complaints filed in North Carolina in 2020, according to the latest edition of State of Fair Housing in North Carolina, a report by the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina. The report examines North Carolina fair …
Fair Housing Project Releases Report: 2020 State of Fair Housing in North Carolina
Discrimination based on race and disability continue to account for the vast majority of housing discrimination complaints filed in North Carolina, according to a new report by the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina. The report, titled State of Fair Housing in North Carolina, examined North Carolina fair housing complaint data obtained …
Register Now: Free Online Fair Housing Conference on April 23, 2021
Registration is now open for the annual Fair Housing Conference sponsored by the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh’s Fair Housing Hearing Board. This year’s event, which is being conducted online and is free of charge, will take place on April 23, 2021, from 9am-1pm. The keynote …
Free Webinar: Fair Housing Rights of People with Disabilities
Join Legal Aid of North Carolina and the Greensboro Housing Coalition for a free online webinar about fair housing and the rights of people with disabilities, including reasonable accommodations and modification requests. This is a free webinar, but registration is required. Webinar: Fair Housing Rights of People with Disabilities Tuesday, April 20, 2021 1:00 p.m. …
Housing complex settles discrimination case, adopts fair criminal history policy for tenant applicants
RALEIGH, March 29, 2021 – Legal Aid of North Carolina announced today that it has settled a housing discrimination complaint against Cypress Grove Apartments, a multifamily housing complex located in Wilmington, North Carolina. Legal Aid’s Fair Housing Project filed the complaint on behalf of a 64-year-old tenant whose rental application was improperly denied because of …
HUD Publishes 2021 Civil Penalty Amounts for Fair Housing Violations
On March 16, 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published new inflation-adjusted civil penalty amounts for individuals or entities that have been found to have violated a variety of different housing-related laws, including the federal Fair Housing Act. The new civil penalty amounts will apply to violations of the Fair Housing …
Housing Discrimination Case in Greenville Continues after One Defendant Sentenced to 28 Months in Federal Prison for Racial Harassment
RALEIGH, December 1, 2020—Douglas Matthew Gurkins, 34, a Greenville resident, has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for using racial slurs against and threatening the lives of a Black American family, consisting of a mother and her four children—a criminal violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. At the sentencing hearing, other Black …
Registration Open: “Expanding the Fight for Equality: The LGBTQ Community and Housing Discrimination”
Registration is now open for a December 9, 2020, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program addressing fair housing law and discrimination based on LGBTQ status. This online presentation — “Expanding the Fight for Equality: The LGBTQ Community and Housing Discrimination” — will highlight zealous representation of members of the LGBTQ community with a panel discussion of …
Builders, Architects, Owners of 5 NC Housing Complexes Settle Discrimination Cases; Agree to Make $1.3 million in Accessibility Modifications
RALEIGH, November 10, 2020 – Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) announced today that it has settled housing discrimination complaints against the architects, builders, and owners of five apartment complexes located in the Triad area of North Carolina. The five complaints, which our Fair Housing Project filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …