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New York Fair Housing Network Responds to State of the State Address

STATEWIDE COALITION APPLAUDS GOVERNOR’S COMMITMENT TO FAIR HOUSING

Below is a joint statement issued by the New York Fair Housing Network in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2023 State of the State address:

“The New York State Fair Housing Network applauds Governor Kathy Hochul for her commitment to remedy New York’s housing crisis. The policies proposed in the 2023 State of the State address will put New York on a path to ending the housing shortage that currently hinders the State’s ability to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing. (more…)

Fair Housing Training, February 9, 2023

This FREE training will empower individuals to recognize fair housing violations. This training will also teach you how to document and report allegations of housing discrimination. This Fair Housing training will also cover a brief discussion on familial status discrimination, sex discrimination (harassment and gender), disability discrimination, COVID-19 as it relates to disability discrimination in housing, and other prohibited basis. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2n68vZyrQBizBrXpyUS1JA (more…)

Watch Ian Get Grilled

Hello all,

I was asked to speak in front of the Suffolk County Legislature‘s Economic Development, Planning, and Housing Committee on November 16, 2022 for Long Island Housing Services.

I learned a lot.

I was asked to speak about the problem with local preferences in housing. I prepared to talk about that topic, and our relationship with Suffolk County.

Naive me didn’t bother to think about what I had seen happen on C-Span when a witness testifies in front of a legislative committee. To see how I handled the barrage of questions on various housing issues from a variety of ideological viewpoints go here: https://livestream.com/scnylegislature/events/10063725/videos/233875772

 

What is a Local Preference?

From the article that I  recently wrote for Touro Law Review on 20 Ways to Fight Housing Discrimination:

HUD allows local housing authorities to give preferences to certain classes of persons, and these preferences might seem neutral or socially positive on their face. The problem is that if these preferences are based on already existing residency in a municipality, and that municipality is less diverse than the surrounding area, then these preferences serve to reinforce patterns of segregation. Therefore, it is left to the municipality to certify that their use of HUD funds do not discriminate. Self-certification by municipalities has failed to enforce the law. Thus, the simplest solution is to ban local preferences as a method of determining who receives affordable housing from the limited stock available. It is a much better path than doing the constant statistical analysis of local preferences to ensure they do not discriminate against any protected class. Please contact your town or village officials to ask them to ban all local preferences because they can often act to reinforce segregation. [footnotes omitted]

Video of fun 2022 Fair Housing Gala!

On October 19, 2022, Long Island Housing Services, Inc. (LIHS) honored Mitchell Pally, CEO of the Long Island Builder’s Institute (LIBI), at their Fair Housing Gala for his outspoken advocacy of fair housing rights. Long Island Housing Services hosted its Fair Housing Gala at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, NY with an evening of dining and dancing.  How to honor Mitch

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Photos of fun 2022 Fair Housing Gala!

2022 Long Island Housing Services' Fair Housing GalaOn October 19, 2022, Long Island Housing Services, Inc. (LIHS) honored Mitchell Pally, CEO of the Long Island Builder’s Institute (LIBI), at their Fair Housing Gala for his outspoken advocacy of fair housing rights. Long Island Housing Services hosted its Fair Housing Gala at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, NY with an evening of dining and dancing.  How to honor Mitch.  Click more for more photos. photos

2022 Long Island Power 100

It’s a Triple Crown, a Hat Trick, a Three….
Third Year in a row!!!

2022 Long Islannd Power 100 (more…)

Joint Press Release for Long Island Housing Services, Inc., Renaissance Hills and Renaissance Bay

Long Island Housing Services, Inc., Renaissance Hills and Renaissance Bay have entered into an agreement that reflects the parties’ joint commitment to curtail source of income discrimination and to ensure that equal housing opportunities are provided to all prospective tenants. (more…)

20 Ways to Fight Housing Discrimination

Wilder, Ian (2022) “20 Ways to Fight Housing Discrimination,” Touro Law Review: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 7, 2022. Full article can be downloaded from https://digitalcommons.tourolaw.edu/lawreview/vol38/iss2/7/

When looking at the continuing size of the problem of discrimination it is easy to be paralyzed into inaction by the sweeping scope of the undertaking. (more…)

#FairHousingSelfie

Fair Housing SelfiePlease post to our facebook @LIFairHousing and Twitter @LIFairHousing  your selfie with one of our Fair Housing posters at the following train stations.  Please make sure to tag them with our account and #fairhousingselfie (more…)

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