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 in their communities. The rule implements a portion of the federal Fair Housing Act that requires HUD, and recipients of certain federal funding, to take …
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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 North Carolina Human Relations Commission (NCHRC), the state body that currently has authority to investigate and enforce the law. The provisions, which are contained in …
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 federal housing program, have settled a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against the group and its former employees, John Wesley and Eric Pender. The settlement, which …
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 notice, issued by HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) was addressed to the attention of recipients and sub-recipients of Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG); …
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 event, sponsored by the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board, is being held …
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 the issue of whether the federal Fair Housing Act prohibits actions that have a discriminatory effect (also called a “disparate impact”) on a protected class or only …