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Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research Celebrates Court Ruling Blocking HUD’s Fair Housing Grant Terminations

March 26, 2025Latest News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2025 Media Contact: Carrie Pleasants cpleasants@thehousingcenter.org; 216-306-2534 Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research Celebrates Court Ruling Blocking HUD’s Fair Housing Grant Terminations Following a recent court ruling, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts granted a temporary injunction stopping the termination of […]

How Fair Housing Law Protects You from Sex Discrimination

March 20, 2025Blog, Latest News

March is Women’s History Month, a time to highlight the achievements and contributions of women in our society, as well as the progress that has been made over the years. Our society has made strides toward gender equity in many areas, including in housing policy. Today, everyone living in the U.S., regardless of their sex […]

The Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research and other Fair Housing Groups across the Country Ask Court to Halt HUD’s and DOGE’s Termination of Grants to Fight Housing Discrimination

March 14, 2025Latest News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2025 Media Contact: Carrie Pleasants cpleasants@thehousingcenter.org; 216-306-2534 Cleveland, OH — Fair Housing Center for Right & Research along with three other fair housing groups, represented by Relman Colfax, announce the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). […]

What we know about Scott Turner, Trump’s pick to lead HUD

January 31, 2025Blog, Latest News

In November, President Donald Trump tapped Scott Turner to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under his administration. As HUD Secretary nominee, Turner is expected to lead the roughly $68 billion agency, which provides rental assistance, builds and preserves affordable housing, addresses homelessness, and enforces the Fair Housing […]

On His 96th Birthday, We Remember Dr. King’s Fair Housing Legacy

January 15, 2025Blog, Latest News

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arguably one of the most well-known civil rights leaders in the United States, and for good reason. Throughout the 1950’s and 60’s, his leadership, along with the work of many other committed citizens, left a lasting impact on the landscape of civil rights in America. Dr. King may be […]

November is National Family Caregivers Month: Connecting Family Caregiving and Fair Housing

November 25, 2024Blog, Latest News

Every November, National Family Caregivers Month is celebrated as a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. Family caregivers play a crucial role in supporting individuals with disabilities, older adults, and individuals with other special needs to live independently and access necessary care. Family caregiving usually involves tasks such as assisting with […]

The Fight for Fair Housing Continues for Hispanic Americans

September 24, 2024Blog, Latest News

Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual month-long celebration of Hispanic and Latino history and culture, between September 15 and October 15. The Latino population in the United States today is over 60 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, making it the largest racial or ethnic group. Hispanic and Latino Americans enrich our nation, and […]

Everything You Need to Know About Service and Assistance Animals in Housing

August 27, 2024Blog, Latest News

The Right to Reasonable Accommodations Fair housing law protects people with disabilities in a variety of ways, one of which is the right to request reasonable accommodations. A reasonable accommodation is a change, exception, or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service that may be necessary for a person with a disability to have […]

Who benefits from homelessness in Cleveland?

July 24, 2024Blog, Latest News

By Prerna Agarwal Approximately 23,000 people experience homelessness in Cuyahoga County every year, and unjust policies often criminalize unhoused folks simply for existing in public. In Cleveland, just resting in a public place after hours can land you in jail. If you are found in a public area after closing time, you can be ticketed […]

Despite Progress, LGBTQ+ Homeowners Still Face Challenges

June 24, 2024Blog, Latest News

In addition to being LGBTQ+ Pride Month, June is also National Homeownership Month. Historically, individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or queer have faced discrimination in housing, as well as other areas of society. While progress has been made over the years, disparities still exist in access to homeownership among the LGBTQ+ community. […]

Where We Live Shapes Our Health: Examining Air Pollution and Asthma Rates in Cuyahoga County

May 30, 2024Blog, Latest News

By Austin Cummings, Senior Research Associate The Cleveland metro area was named the 31st most polluted metro area in the country for ozone pollution and 73rd worst in the nation for short-term particle pollution in the American Lung Association’s 2024 State of Air report. The report grades areas by how much residents are exposed to […]

Fair Housing Center Releases Report Examining Access to Home Improvement Loans in Cuyahoga County

May 24, 2024Latest News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2024 Contact: Austin Cummings, Phone: 216-306-2542, Email: acummings@thehousingcenter.org Cleveland, OH – Today, The Fair Housing Center released a first-of-its-kind report examining access to home improvement loans in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, we examine individual and neighborhood-level outcomes for home improvement loans between 2019 and 2022. During […]

Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research and Home Repair Resource Center Launch the Black & Latinx Community Reinvestment Fund Home Repair Program in Cuyahoga County

April 30, 2024Latest News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 30, 2024Media Contact: Tanesha Hunter | 216-306-2539 | Thunter@thehousingcenter.org Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research and Home Repair Resource Center Launch the Black & Latinx Community Reinvestment Fund Home Repair Program in Cuyahoga County The Program aims to address the housing, health, and safety needs of homeowners in predominantly Black and […]

Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research Releases 2024 State of Fair Housing in Northeast Ohio Report

April 26, 2024Latest News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 26, 2024 Contact: Austin Cummings, Phone: 216-306-2542, Email: acummings@thehousingcenter.org Cleveland, Ohio – This report is the Fair Housing Center’s eighteenth annual comprehensive examination of fair housing trends for Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina Counties. The report finds that 56 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, housing […]

Five Must-Read Books on Fair Housing in Northeast Ohio

April 8, 2024Blog, Latest News

Do you ever look at the current state of housing in your community and wonder how we got here? What were the policies put into place, or the events that occurred, throughout history that have contributed to the issues we are experiencing today? Learning about the local history of redlining, segregation, homelessness, and other housing […]

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