The State of Exclusion: In 2013, the UNC Center for Civil Rights published a study which included an analysis of the disproportionate burden segregated non-white communities faced in their proximity to solid waste facilites and EPA monitored polluting facilities: 2013 The State of Exclusion An Empirical Analysis of the Legacy of Segregated Communities in North …
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10 Years After: A 2024 Look at the State of Exclusion
Fair Housing Settlement Reduces Barriers for Heirs’ Property Owners to Access Disaster Recovery Funds
Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Fair Housing Project announced in April a Conciliation and Voluntary Compliance Agreement, resolving a housing discrimination complaint filed against the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR). The complaint was filed on behalf of an individual whose application to the ReBuild NC Homeowner Recovery Program was rejected due to …
Fair Housing & Heirs’ Property Podcast
Fair Housing & Heirs’ Property Podcast: Legal Aid of North Carolina Fair Housing Project attorneys recently joined the North Carolina Housing Coalition to discuss the intersection of heirs’ property and fair housing in North Carolina. Click here to listen to the podcast and learn more. Heirs Property Unlocked: Part 1
Justice Department and State of North Carolina Secure $13.5 Million Agreement with First National Bank of Pennsylvania to Resolve Redlining Claims in North Carolina
On February 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice and the State of North Carolina announced that First National Bank of Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Charlotte and Winston-Salem. Redlining is …
HUD Update: Two Fair Housing Matters Resolved
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced resolutions in two fair housing matters. On December 11, 2023, HUD announced the settlement of a housing discrimination complaint that was filed against the owner of a federally subsidized housing complex in Oklahoma and its property manager. In this case, a mother and …
Property Management Company Settles Housing Discrimination Case Involving Overly Broad Criminal History Exclusion Policy
Legal Aid of North Carolina recently announced it had settled a housing discrimination complaint filed with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission on behalf of an individual who was denied rental housing due to a criminal background screening policy. The complaint alleged that the apartment community, based on its criminal history policy, unlawfully rejected the …
Black Homeowners Sue Appraisers Alleging Racial Discrimination
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 University in Maryland, sought an appraisal of their home in the summer of 2021 in connection with their goal to refinance their mortgage, they were …
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 Fair Housing Alliance and its partners, Dane Law LLC and Christensen Law Firm, published a federally-funded report, entitled “Identifying Bias and Barriers, Promoting Equity: 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 was filed with the NC Human Relations Commission (NCHRC) by a 55-year-old Black female whose application for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher was improperly …