Category Archives: Latest News

Housing Center & NEOCH Release Brochure on the Rights of People in Shelter

Local residents experiencing homelessness have raised questions and concerns about their civil rights in shelter. The Housing Center partnered with the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) to produce a new brochure addressing some common questions and concerns. Click here to view the new brochure.

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Housing Fair: Home Accessibility for Every Age and Stage

Autumn is all about comfort. From pumpkin spiced lattes to cozy sweaters. It’s also time to think about the comforts of home. Come to our Housing Fair: Home Accessibility for Every Age and Stage on October 14, 2015, from 2-7 p.m., at the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Building, 3450 Lee Road, in Shaker Heights. This free event is open to all residents to meet experts who can help you evaluate your housing options at every stage of life. 

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Housing Research & Advocacy Center Applauds New Fair Housing Rule

Cleveland, Ohio – An important new fair housing regulation – aimed at promoting diverse, inclusive communities and overcoming the negative effects of segregation – was issued today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The regulation is designed to guide jurisdictions in complying with their existing obligations to “affirmatively further fair housing,” a key provision of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. It requires state and local governments and housing authorities to consider how to eliminate fair housing barriers for people of color, families with children and people with disabilities.

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Housing Center Joins NFHA in HUD Complaint Against Fannie Mae for Failure to Maintain REO Inventory in Cleveland

This morning, the Housing Center filed a complaint against Fannie Mae with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of an investigation with the National Fair Housing Alliance and 18 other NFHA member organizations. This complaint is based on Fannie Mae’s consistently poor maintenance and marketing of its properties in middle- and […]

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Housing Center Files HUD Complaint Against Fannie Mae Over Neglected Properties

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and 19 local fair housing organizations announced the filing with HUD of a housing discrimination complaint against Fannie Mae, one of the largest owners of foreclosed homes in the United States. The civil rights groups allege that Fannie Mae maintains and markets its foreclosures (also known as real estate owned or “REO” properties) in White neighborhoods consistently better than in middle- and working-class African American and Latino neighborhoods, a practice that violates the federal Fair Housing Act. The complaint is the result of a five-year investigation.

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Higher demand, lower wages reduces ‘buying power’ for Cleveland-area renters – By Judy Stringer, Cleveland.com

May 10, 2015

If it seems harder to find your dream apartment – or afford it – you are not imagining things.

In Cuyahoga County, the overall demand for rental housing is increasing, according to a recently released report from the Cleveland-based Housing Research and Advocacy Center. The Housing Center’s analysis finds that while the county’s population dipped 8 percent between 2000 and 2010, those that remained and new residents showed an increasing preference for renting. In that time period, owner-occupied housing fell 8 percent and renter-occupied housing increased 1.3 percent.

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