FAIR HOUSING DIRECTOR TO TESTIFY BEFORE U.S. SENATE RE: GULF COAST HOUSING RECOVERY ACT OF 2007
On September 25, 2007, James Perry, Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) and President of the Louisiana Housing Alliance will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in Washington D.C. Perry will testify on behalf of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) in support of SB1668.
Perry will discuss the acute shortage of affordable housing on the Gulf Coast 25 months after the devastation wrought by the 2005 hurricanes. He will argue that SB 1668 can play a role in rebuilding desperately needed affordable housing stock.
Perry remarked, “I am grateful to have the opportunity to testify about the proposed legislation. The lack of equal housing opportunities is the most formidable barrier to reconstruction of Gulf Coast communities. Passage of SB 1668 is essential to our recovery.”
Read the draft testimony by clicking here.
FAIR HOUSING CENTER SETTLES HANO/HRI RIVER GARDEN LAWSUIT
Dasha Corner and the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (“FHAC”), represented by the Tulane Civil Litigation Clinic, announce today that a lawsuit filed in December 2006 in federal court against the Housing Authority of New Orleans and LGD Rental 1, LLC (“HRI/River Garden”), owner of River Garden Apartments, formerly the St. Thomas public housing development, has been resolved by consent decree.
Click here to read the full press release.
Click here to read the order entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by the Honorable Judge Beer.
Click here to download a copy of the consent degree.
FOR RENT, UNLESS YOU’RE BLACK – REPORT REVEALS RACE DISCRIMINATION IN ORLEANS RENTAL HOUSING
On Tuesday, April 24, 2007, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) revealed the results of its recent investigation into race based rental discrimination in the New Orleans area, including Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes. The investigation showed that 57.5% of landlords discriminated against African American testers searching for rental housing.
Click here to download the report.
Click here to see pictures from the news conference.
FAIR HOUSING CENTER FILES SUIT AGAINST ST. BERNARD PARISH
On Oct 3, 2006, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) filed suit against St. Bernard Parish in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The suit prays for a permanent injunction restraining St. Bernard Parish from enforcing its single-family and blood-relative ordinances.
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FAIR HOUSING CENTER MARKS KATRINA ANNIVERSARY WITH ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CAMPAIGN
In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) unveils a new fair housing advertising campaign. The campaign features one print public service announcement (PSA), one 30-second television PSA, and one 30-second radio PSA.
Click here for to hear the radio ad.
Click here to download the print ad.
Click here to download the television ad in Quicktime Video format.
Click here to download the television ad in AVI format.
Click here to download the television ad in MP4 format.
Click here to order a media kit.
Click here for the full press release.
Fair Housing Center Releases Bourbon Street Discrimination Audit
On Wednesday, April 13, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC), along with the New Orleans Human Relations Commission, released the results of an investigation into discriminatory practices by Bourbon Street nightclubs and bars. GNOFHAC paired Black and White testers, and sent them to 28 Bourbon Street nightclubs and bars within minutes of one another. GNOFHAC compared and contrasted testers experiences to determine whether or not discrimination had occurred.
GNOFHAC Executive Director, James Perry, has confirmed publicly that the investigation did uncover discrimination. The release of the Audit however, is the first opportunity for the public to learn of the extent of the discriminatory treatment.
James Perry, GNOFHAC Executive Director, comments, “The New Orleans community will be surprised by the results of this Study. One would think that more than 40 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination against African-Americans in public accommodations would have subsided. The Audit, however, provides concrete evidence that it has not.”
Click here to download a copy of the Audit.
See examples of discriminatory treatment from the Audit:
Example #1Note, these files are fairly large and may take significant time to download.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of housing discrimination, then open your mouth and speak up. Contact Fair Housing Action Center and let us investigate your complaint. It is the only way to make real change!
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The Fair Housing Action Center, Inc., or FHAC, was established in August 1995 with help from the National Fair Housing Alliance and a grant from U.S. HUD. FHAC is a private, non-profit organization that will work to further the goal of fair housing and open neighborhoods in the greater New Orleans area.