News & Events
July 12, 2023 Fair Housing Virtual Training
Housing Discrimination Rights training
July 12, 2023 (11:00am – 12:30pm)
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dS7400ILRpC9ahJ8_Mf62Q
June 14, 2023 Fair Housing Virtual Training
Housing Discrimination Rights training including arrests and convictions
June 14, 2023 (11:00 am – 1 pm) via Zoom
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86018404508g (more…)
Gov Hochul meets LI Pro Homes Advocates
Brookhaven Real Estate Company Agrees to Settle Complaints of Source of Income and Disability Discrimination
The Long Island Housing Services (LIHS) settlement of a Source of Income and Disability Discrimination complaint against H&G Realty originated with an investigation of New Highway Apartments. H&G Realty has offices in Middle Island and Miller Place, New York. (more…)
4/26/2023 Fair Housing training
April is Fair Housing Month! Housing Discrimination is Illegal!!
Learn about Your Fair Housing and Tenant’s Rights!!
The Federal Fair Housing Act (New York State and local human rights laws) prohibits housing suppliers from discrimination and that includes COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS.
It is a FAIR HOUSING VIOLATION to be treated differently or unfairly in housing if it is suspected that you have/had Coronavirus. It is a FAIR HOUSING VIOLATION if someone refuses to rent or evict you because they believe that based on your race, national origin, or disability, you will become ill from the Coronavirus in the future.
Event Description: This FREE training will empower ALL individuals, including survivors/victims of domestic violence and homeless 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 cover a brief discussion on sex discrimination (harassment and gender), familial status discrimination, disability discrimination, COVID-19 as it relates to disability discrimination in housing, and other prohibited basis. The training will also include a brief discussion about Tenants’ Rights.
April is Fair Housing and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
When: April 26, 2023 (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)
Where: Virtual Fair Housing Training via Zoom
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__9VvJZVZSw-GqXT7Ukfung
Long Island Housing Services is a civil rights 501c3 nonprofit focused on fair housing. The Fair Housing enforcement and advocacy work for this training is supported through a grant from the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (American Rescue Plan) of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. More information about our agency can be found at www.lifairhousing.org
Questions can be addressed to info@lifairhousing.org or 631-567-5111 ext. 375
Opening: Fair Housing Investigator
The Fair Housing Investigator will be responsible for assisting in developing and implementing Long Island Housing Services’ fair housing enforcement activities in conjunction with other Fair Housing Program staff. Experience in writing, interviewing, advocacy, investigations, and public speaking. Salary $50,000 plus benefits. Bilingual skills are desirable. (more…)
Virtual Fair Housing Training 4/26/23
Register for Long Island Housing Services’ 11am-12:30pm Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__9VvJZVZSw-GqXT7Ukfung (more…)
Fair Housing Tester Training
Provisional Employment: Fair Housing Testers
CALL: 631-567-5111, ext. 375 TODAY!!
Email: info@LIFairHousing.org
Email Your Resume today
Long Island Housing Services, the not-for-profit, Civil Rights, Fair Housing agency serving Nassau and Suffolk is currently seeking conscientious people.
Testers are considered part-time, provisional employees.
Long Island Housing Services’ testers pose as ordinary persons seeking housing to observe the business practices of a housing provider in order to determine compliance with fair housing laws.
If hired for provisional employment, LIHS will pay Testers $24.00 hourly salary plus some mileage expenses.
Qualifications:
• Must attend a Fair Housing Tester training session
• Must be reliable
• Must have reliable transportation
• Willing to work in Nassau & Suffolk
• Ability to write a report and properly follow instructions
• Honesty and objectivity
Long Island Housing Services needs conscientious people for ongoing projects. Participate in something worthwhile; support Fair Housing.
Long Island Housing Service, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/
4/5/2023 Fair Housing Conference: New Location
Fair Housing Conference sponsored by NYSDHR & NYCCHR on April 5, 2023 from 10am – 4pm at New Location: National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green New York, NY 10004. Register: bit.ly/NYFairHousing2023
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