Joint Statement on Rejection of Texas CDBG Plan
On November 23, Joe Rich of the Lawyers' Committee and Reilly Morse of the Mississippi Center for Justice issued a joint statement applauding HUD's decision to reject Texas's disaster recovery CDBG plan for Hurricane Ike. Read More »
Lawyers' Committee Applauds Ruling in Bloch v. Frischholz
The full court concluded unanimously in an 8-0 opinion that homeowners have a claim under the Fair Housing Act for discrimination that occurred after the plaintiffs had moved into the dwelling they had purchased. Read More »
Mississippi's Failure
In a September 21 editorial, the New York Times highlighted the state of Mississippi's failure to adequately address the affordable housing needs of low- and moderate-income residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina through the use of $5.5 billion in federal recovery funds. Read More »
Judge Approves $925,000 Smithtown Settlement
On August 28, Judge Joanna Seybert approved a settlement awarding $925,000 to the plaintiffs in the case of Vargas v. Smithtown. The case concerned the town of Smithtown’s use of a residency preference in the administration of its Section 8 Voucher program. Read More »
- Mar 05 Coalition Aims to Protect Homeowners from Scams Lawyers' Committee Executive Director Barbara Arnwine and Fair Housing and Fair Lending Senior Councel Yolanda McGill discuss newly-launched PreventLoanScams.org and provide information and insight to protect homeowners from loan modification scams.
- Feb 23 Appeal Filed in Mississippi Civil Rights Suit Against HUD On behalf of the Mississippi State Conference NAACP, the Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and four individual plaintiffs, lawyers from Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, PC, the Mississippi Center for Justice and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, today filed an appeal in a case involving $570 million of emergency relief funds that were intended to assist low- and moderate-income victims of Hurricane Katrina, but instead were diverted to an expansion of the Port of Gulfport, Miss. Plaintiffs contend that the diversion violates fair housing laws and the intent by Congress for how these funds would be used.
- Feb 17 PreventLoanScams.org a New Online Tool in the Fight Against Loan Modification Scammers
