Reports & Documents:

• The HUD LGBT Rule
  
  
  In March, 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a new rule that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status in HUD housing programs.  Read the full text of the rule he...
• Strategies To Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Proposals for the City of New Orleans
  
  
  On April 27, 2011, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) and national partner the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) released a handbook entitled "Strategies to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing: Proposals for t...
• 2009 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) Opportunity Mapping Project
  
  
  ABOUT THE PROJECT The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) and mapping specialists at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University have created a series of maps that overlay Housing Authority of Ne...
• Housing Choice In Crisis: Discrimination Against Housing Choice Voucher Holders
  
  
  Housing Choice in Crisis examined one hundred (100) rental properties in the greater New Orleans area to determine whether available rental units would be offered to voucher holders relying on the HCVP. Rental properties investigated advertised rental rat...
• Access Denied: Housing Accessibility for People with Physical Disabilities in the Greater New Orleans Rental Housing Market
  
  
  Despite the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center’s (GNOFHAC) Access Denied 2009 audit report demonstrates that as of April 15, 2009, the greater New Orleans...
• For Rent Unless You're Black: Race Discrimination in the NOLA Housing Market
  
  
  Despite the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, the passage of the Louisiana Open Housing Law and the City of New Orleans’ Human Rights Laws, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center’s (GNOFHAC) 2...

Staff Testimony:

• Monika Gerhart to the Select Committee on Hurricane Recovery
  
  
  Statement of Monika Gerhart, Senior Policy Analyst, to the Select Committee on Hurricane Recovery on May 14, 2012: Chairman Brossett, Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Monika Gerhart, and I serve as S...
• Seth Weingart to the Select Committee on Hurricane Recovery
  
  
  Statement of Seth Weingart, Homeownership Counseling Supervisor, to the Select Committee on Hurricane Recovery on August 17, 2010: There are many remaining unmet needs facing homeowners as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Estimates are that over 10,000 h...
• James Perry to US House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee
  
  
  Testimony of James Perry, Executive Director, to the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity on August 21, 2009: Introduction   Thank you Congresswoman Waters, Ranking Member Capito...
• Seth Weingart to City Council Housing & Human Needs Committee
  
  
  Seth Weingart, Homeownership Counseling Supervisor, to City Council Housing and Human Needs Committee on September 29, 2008 My name is Seth Weingart, I supervise the Hurricane Relief and Homeownership Protection Project at the GNO Fair Housing Action C...
• James Perry to the House Committee on the Judiciary
  
  
  Testimony of James Perry, Executive Director, to the Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Committee on the Judiciary Thursday, July 29, 2010: Introduction Chairman Nadler, Ranking Member Sensenbrenner, and mem...
• James Perry to the US House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee
  
  
  Testimony of James Perry, Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center and President of the Louisiana Housing Alliance to the United States House of Representatives’ Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunit...
• Seth Weingart to Louisiana Senate Committee on Local & Municipal Affairs
  
  
  Testimony by Seth Weingart, Homeownership Counseling Supervisor, to the Louisiana Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs Re: SB 740, Road Home Program Applicants’ Bill of Rights on May 8, 2008 My name is Seth Weingart and I am the Homeownershi...
• Seth Weingart Statement on the Road Home
  
  
  Statement by Seth Weingart, Homeownership Counseling Supervisor, on The Road Home program on February 16, 2007: Louisiana’s Road Home program is using billions in federal CDBG funds to compensate homeowners for uninsured losses due to Hurricane Katrina...

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