Hurricane season is officially upon us. Take the time to revisit our Top Ten Tips for Renters During Hurricane Season blog to help make your hurricane plan now!

On behalf of everyone at LaFHAC, we would like to wish a Happy Pride Month to our community! As we celebrate and recognize the intersectionality of LGBTQ+ and Fair Housing activism, we want to remind everyone that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is a violation of your Fair Housing rights. If you […]

Celebrate Pride Month with this upcoming events: New Orleans Black Pride Community Fest June 9th from 12:00pm – 5:00pm Lemann Park 628 N Claiborne Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 Family Equality Day June 11th from 10:00am – 1:00pm Longue Vue House and Gardens 7 Bamboo Rd New Orleans, LA 70124 Connect to Pride 2023 June […]

Everyone deserves a fair chance at a new beginning. The process of finding and securing housing after incarceration, or even after an arrest, is an expensive, time consuming yet essential endeavor for anyone looking to rebuild their lives and rejoin the community. But the cards are stacked against people with criminal records because housing providers […]

Want to learn more about your rights as a renter? Check out these upcoming Renter’s Rights Workshops hosted by New Orleans Public Library in partnership with Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative. ⁠ Norman Mayer LibrarySaturday, May 272:00pm – 4:00pm3001 Gentilly Blvd East New Orleans Regional LibrarySaturday, August 262:00pm – 4:00pm5641 Read Blvd. Algiers Regional LibrarySaturday, […]

Want to fight for equity in Louisiana by advocating for housing justice? Come join our team! LaFHAC is currently seeking to fill THREE open positions; Intake Specialist, Operations Associate, and Paralegal. The Intake Specialist’s essential responsibilities will include screening requests for legal assistance, including answering phones, conducting initial client interviews, and obtaining documents relevant to […]

On behalf of everyone at LaFHAC, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who participated in this year’s Fair Housing Month events. Your support truly made this year’s events a resounding success, especially considering the challenges we’ve faced in recent times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Community Crawfish Boil was a […]

City Councilmembers talked the talk on protecting our neighborhoods from the proliferation of short-term rentals (STRs), addressing the affordable housing crisis, and preventing the destruction of historically Black neighborhoods at their March 23rd meeting. Unfortunately, their votes, with the exception of Councilmembers Green and Thomas, for a last-minute amendment weakened the new law. At that […]

For almost 30 years, your voice has ensured that people vulnerable to discrimination – such as survivors of domestic violence, formerly incarcerated people, immigrants, and low-income renters – know their rights and have somewhere to go for help. Without you, our work would not be possible. With your support, we will be able to reach […]

What better way is there to commemorate the passage of the Fair Housing Act than by participating in the decades long practice of fair housing investigations as a tester? Testers are people in the community who take on the role of a perspective homeowner or renter for the purpose of gathering information to identify unlawful […]