Newsday OpEd: Re-envision schools as enrollment dips

From a Newsday Guest Essay by Ian Wilder, Long Island Housing Services’ Executive Director:

While much of the recent discussion over how to fund our schools has focused on districts where enrollment is declining, some districts are being overburdened by increased enrollment. We should be discussing how to shift resources from underburdened districts to overburdened ones, to better serve students Islandwide and reduce segregation’s continuing effect on students. I come to this topic as a nonprofit administrator with deep experience in budgeting, influenced by my work at the intersection of education and housing and by being raised by a father who was an educator.
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Housing Discrimination Rights training including arrests and convictions 11/15/23

This FREE virtual training will educate the general public on how to recognize fair housing violations under New York State Human Rights Law. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UuDKIzpxSea50qQB7OUOIA (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

Fair Housing Tester Training Deadline: March 15, 2023

Provisional Employment: Fair Housing Testers

CALL: 631-567-5111, ext. 375 (Suffolk) or
516-292-0400, ext. 375 (Nassau) TODAY!!
Email: info@LIFairHousing.org
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2022 Long Island Power 100

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

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Redfin Settles Lawsuit with LIHS, FHJC, & other FH Groups

Real Estate Giant to Modify Its Minimum Home Price Policy, Expanding Access to Services in Communities of Color

Today, the Long Island Housing Services, Inc. (LIHS) and Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) joined the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and seven other fair housing organizations from throughout the country in announcing a settlement with Redfin Corporation, one of the nation’s largest real estate services companies. This settlement agreement will expand opportunities for consumers in communities of color on Long Island and across the nation. (more…)