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 an investigation conducted in response to a complaint filed by community groups. The complaint alleged that the City discriminated on the basis of race and national …
environmental justice
Settlement of Royal Oak Concerned Citizens Assn, et al. v. Brunswick County Lawsuit
The Royal Oak Concerned Citizens Association case against Brunswick County was resolved on June 16, 2014 with the County’s approval of the settlement agreement. See the Star News article from June 18, 2014 for more information about the settlement. The UNC Center for Civil Rights initiated the lawsuit in Brunswick County Superior Court in June …
United Nations Panel Calls for U.S. Gov’t to Address Housing Discrimination
On August 29, 2014, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued a report calling on the United States government to take further steps to address housing discrimination in the nation. The report, which was based on submissions that the U.S. government made to the panel in August 2014, looked at a number of areas …
NC residential segregation affects housing, environmental justice, education
A September 2013 report by the UNC Center for Civil Rights examines the connection between residential segregation in North Carolina and access to essential services and opportunities. “The State of Exclusion: An Empirical Analysis of the Legacy of Segregated Communities in North Carolina” maps the potential impacts of “community exclusion” in five areas: housing, environmental …