On June 15, 2016, 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 …
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Fidelity Bank Agrees to Invest $1 Million to Settle Discrimination Complaint
On April 22, 2016, the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) announced that it had settled a fair housing complaint it had brought against North Carolina-based The …
Registration Open for Seniors & Fair Housing Law CLE, 5/6/16
Registration is now open for the Seniors and Fair Housing Law Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program to be held on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Raleigh, NC. The event will …
Registration Now Open for April 15, 2016, Raleigh Fair Housing Conference
Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Fair Housing Conference in Raleigh, NC, which will be held on Friday, April 15, 2016. The event is being sponsored by the City …
HUD Memo re Mail Box Accessibility
HUD Proposes Rule Regarding Transgender Individuals in Federally-Funded Shelters and Housing
On November 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published a proposed rule addressing the placement of transgender individuals in HUD-funded and HUD-insured housing, including federally-funded shelters. The …
Final State Budget Retains NC Human Relations Commission, State Fair Housing Act
On Friday, September 18, 2015, North Carolina Governor McCrory signed the 2015 State budget that retains the North Carolina Human Relations Commission (HRC) and leaves in place the State Fair Housing Act …
HUD Memo, “Elements of Proof,” Aug. 13, 2014
HUD Equal Access Notice re LGBT Discrimination in Multifamily Housing 7-13-2015
HUD Releases “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Final Rule
On July 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a Final Rule outlining the requirements for recipients of HUD funding to address housing discrimination and segregation …