Press Releases

New Orleans residents will push leaders to improve rentals
18th Sep 2013
Today, the New Orleans City Council will host a citywide meeting to hear from residents about reducing blight in New Orleans. The special meeting of the City Council’s Housing and Human Needs Committee will take place at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council chamber located at 1300 Perdido Street. The Fair Housing Center, in concert with residents from […]

GNOFHAC announces $900,000 settlement agreement with St. Bernard Parish; USDOJ Settles As Well
10th May 2013
On Friday, May 10, 2013, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) and nine (9) individual plaintiffs agreed to settle a federal lawsuit against St. Bernard Parish alleging that the permissive use permit (PUP) process adopted by the Parish in 2007 was racially discriminatory in violation of the Fair Housing Act. As a […]

Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Baton Rouge Discrimination Case
01st Apr 2013
Last week, the Honorable Judge James Brady, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, granted a motion for summary judgment in the case Oxford House, Inc., et al vs. City of Baton Rouge. In his ruling, Judge Brady found that the City of Baton Rouge violated the Fair Housing Act and American with Disabilities Act […]

Fair Housing Center Commemorates Fair Housing Month 2013 with Free Educational Events
01st Apr 2013
On April 1, 2013, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) announced a series of educational events to occur throughout the month in commemoration of National Fair Housing Month. Each event is free and open to the public, though registration may be required. For more details about GNOFHAC’s celebration of Fair Housing Month 2013, please […]
HANO Adopts More Inclusive Criminal Background Policy
27th Mar 2013
Yesterday the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) adopted a new criminal background policy, which goes a long way to expand housing choice and provide safe, decent and affordable housing to the community it serves. The criminal background policy is what HANO uses in order to decide how an individual’s criminal background affects their ability to access […]

Fair Housing Center Announces Keynote Speaker Lani Guinier for 6th Annual Fit for King Celebration
03rd Jan 2013
On January 3, 2013, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) announced that Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will serve as keynote speaker at the Center’s 6th Annual Fit for King Celebration on January 18, 2013. Professor Guinier will address conference attendees during a keynote luncheon at the […]

Homeless Shelter Opens Doors to Pregnant Women and Others
04th Dec 2012
On December 3, 2012, at the urging of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC), the New Orleans Mission agreed to implement a policy of non-discrimination. The agreement ends a nearly yearlong process of negotiation over the Mission’s previous, longstanding policy of refusing shelter to women who are more than six months pregnant. The […]

Federal Judge Grants Motion for Summary Judgment in Discrimination Case Against St. Bernard Parish
19th Oct 2012
On October 17, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a motion for summary judgment filed by Plaintiffs Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) and Provident Realty Advisors, in a long running housing discrimination case against St. Bernard Parish. The decision signals that the Plaintiffs won the case on […]

Federal Judge Grants Motion for Summary Judgment in Discrimination Case Against St. Bernard Parish
19th Oct 2012
On October 17, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a motion for summary judgment filed by Plaintiffs Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) and Provident Realty Advisors, in a long running housing discrimination case against St. Bernard Parish. The decision signals that the Plaintiffs won the case on […]

Fair Housing Center Shares Ideas with White House
18th Sep 2012
On September 13, Louisiana community leaders, advocates, and housing experts traveled to the Nation’s Capital to meet with White House officials about implementing the necessary solutions to the housing crisis that has enveloped Louisiana. American families continue to face a crisis in housing, with 2 million foreclosure filings this year, and millions more at risk. […]