Fair Housing & CDP Release the "People's Analysis of Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing"
The "People's AI" provides recommendations for how New Orleans can effectively understand and overcome barriers to housing choice. Read More »
- Jan 18 Lawyers' Committee Submits Support Letter for HUD Proposed Regulation Concerning Disparate Impact Claims Under Fair Housing Act On January 17, 2012 the Lawyers’ Committee, six of its affiliates and eighteen other civil rights organizations submitted a comment letter in full support of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed regulation establishing that violations of the Fair Housing Act may be proved through a disparate impact analysis.
- Jan 05 National Loan Scam Prevention Database Surpasses Critical Milestone The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network (LMSPN) recently reached a critical milestone in the national effort to stop foreclosure rescue scams. Through the efforts of homeowners, housing counselors, advocates and Network partners from across the country, the national Loan Modification Scam Database, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has collected more than 20,000 scam complaint reports since its launch in March 2010.
- Dec 23 Lawyers’ Committee Praises the Department of Justice’s Settlement of Fair Lending Case against Countrywide Financial Corporation The Lawyers’ Committee applauds the Department of Justice’s filing on December 21, 2011 of the largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations by the Department that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. Countrywide was acquired by the Bank of America after this period.
