Victims of domestic violence are protected from discrimination in housing under the Fair Housing Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and North Carolina’s Landlord-Tenant laws. Protections under the Fair Housing …
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Housing Discrimination Webinar (English & Spanish)
Join Legal Aid of North Carolina for a free webinar on fair housing law and tenant’s rights on July 15, 2020. While the webinar is free, advanced registration is required. …
Free Fair Housing Webinar for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Residents
Join Legal Aid of North Carolina and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Department for a free webinar on fair housing law and tenant’s rights on June 4, 2020. While the webinar …
FREE Live Webinar Training: Fair Housing Rights of People with Disabilities
Join us for a free fair housing live webinar training! This online training will cover the fair housing rights of people with disabilities, including reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification requests. …
Fair Housing Project Update Regarding Housing Discrimination and the Coronavirus
Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Fair Housing Project understands that COVID-19 is a serious threat to the health, safety and well-being of all North Carolinians, but particularly seniors, people with …
HUD Publishes 2020 Civil Penalty Amounts for Fair Housing Violations
On March 6, 2020, 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 …
FREE Training on Designing & Building Accessible Housing – Charlotte, NC
The Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina is excited to announce a FREE Fair Housing Design and Construction Accessibility Training in Charlotte, NC. This is a technical …
Disability, Race Discrimination Continue to Top Claims of Housing Discrimination in North Carolina
RALEIGH, December 18, 2019 – Discrimination based on disability and race continued to account for the vast majority of housing discrimination complaints filed in North Carolina in 2018, according to …
Raleigh Housing Authority Settles Lawsuit Alleging Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence
RALEIGH, October 16, 2019 – Legal Aid of North Carolina and the Duke Civil Justice Clinic announced today that they recently settled a federal discrimination complaint filed against the Raleigh …
HUD Awards Legal Aid of NC $425,000 to Support Its Fair Housing Work
On April 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) announced that Legal Aid of North Carolina had been awarded an Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI) grant …