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 …
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HUD Releases “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Final Rule
Scotland County Housing Agency Settles Fair Housing Case for $2.7 Million
Proposed Consent Decree – Sellers v. Southeastern Community and Family Services
NC Senate Passes Bill to Repeal State Fair Housing Act & Eliminate NC Human Relations Commission
The North Carolina State Senate’s proposed budget, which passed by a vote of 32-15, with 3 abstentions, on June 18, 2015, repeals the State Fair Housing Act and eliminates the …
Scotland County Housing Group Settles Fair Housing Case for $2.7 Million
Raleigh, July 1, 2015 – Lawyers for 16 women who alleged they were sexually harassed by two employees of Southeastern Family & Community Services (SCFS), a Scotland County nonprofit that administers a …
HUD Issues Guidance on Placement for Transgender Persons in Emergency Shelters
On February 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued guidance on the appropriate placement for transgender persons in single-sex emergency shelters and other facilities. The …
HUD Notice CPD-15-02 Appropriate Placement for Transgender Persons in Shelters
HUD Assistant Secretary to Speak at April Fair Housing Conference
HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Gustova Velasquez will be the keynote speaker at the Twelfth Annual Fair Housing Conference on April 10, 2015, in Raleigh. The …
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Fair Housing Act Case
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project. The case raises …