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 …
Newsletter Articles
HUD Issues Letter of Findings of Noncompliance with Title VI Against City of Chicago in Relocating Recycling Facility
By: Peter Gilbert, Supervising Attorney, Fair Housing Project, Legal Aid of North Carolina HUD issued a Letter of Findings of Noncompliance against the City of Chicago earlier this year, following …
HUD Gives Further Guidance on Criminal Background Screening
On June 10, 2022, Demetria L. McCain, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (“FHEO”) issued a memorandum… Read More
Criminal Background Screening & Homelessness Resource
On April 12, 2022, HUD Secreary Marcia L. Fudge issued a directive… Read More
Fair Housing Project Awards Fair Housing Advocate Award and Jeffrey D. Dillman Fair Housing Award
On April 29, 2022, fair housing advocates, community members, and stakeholders gathered… Read More
Legal Aid of North Carolina Announces New CEO
On July 13, 2022, Legal Aid of North Carolina announced Ashley Campbell as its new CEO. Campbell has begun the transition process with George Hausen, the organization’s leader of more …
Court Upholds $5.2 Million Jury Award in Group Home Discrimination Case
On May 27, 2022, a U.S. District Court Judge in Connecticut upheld a jury award of nearly $5.2 million in a housing discrimination case against the Town of Cromwell, Connecticut …
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 …
Office of Inspector General Report: HUD did not have Adequate Policies and Procedures for Ensuring that Public Housing Agencies Properly Processed Tenant Reasonable Accommodation Requests
The Office of Inspector General recently concluded an audit of HUD’s oversight of its public housing agencies’ (PHA) reasonable accommodation policies and procedures. The audit was initiated because of an …
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 …