Veronica Miles is LaFHAC’s new paralegal. She graduated from Nunez Community College with her Certificate of Arts and Associate of Arts in Paralegal Studies. She is also a recent graduate of Loyola University where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Justice. She has been in the legal field for about 4 years now […]

LaFHAC has two exciting opportunities for educators in Louisiana to bring fair housing to their classrooms this year. We are currently distributing our Fair Housing Five youth curriculum for grades 1-4, along with a limited number of free class sets of LaFHAC’s original children’s book The Fair Housing Five and the Haunted House, to educators in Louisiana. You can read […]

Thank you so much to everyone who made Fit for a King 2022 a success! If you missed any of it, the recording is available here. Below is a summary of each section with a note about where you can find it in the recording in case you’d like to check out a specific section. 606 Missing Homes: […]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played a substantial role in paving the road for the work we do every day at LaFHAC. Not only was he a prominent leader in the civil rights movement as a whole, he also led demonstrations and advocated for the eradication of systemic housing discrimination specifically. Dr. King was a […]

LaFHAC is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 15th annual Fit for a King Fair Housing Summit! The theme this year is “Meeting the Moment: Fair Housing in a Time of Crisis and Possibility”.  The summit will be held virtually via Zoom on Friday, January 28, 2022 from 9am-12:30pm. Please note that the summit will just […]

New Orleans City Council closed out 2021 by unanimously passing two motions that are big wins for affordable housing. First, Council approved the McDonogh 7 school building for an affordable housing development that will largely serve elderly Black New Orleanians in a vibrant, well-resourced neighborhood. Second, Council approved the Neighborhood-Scale Affordable Housing Zoning Amendment, which […]

Worried about foreclosure? Check out these top 10 tips from LaFHAC’s Director of Homeownership Protection Giazzlyn Duncan. For captions, watch the video on our Facebook page here!

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has passed an interim rule requiring landlords to provide information on Emergency Rental Assistance Programs (ERA) on all 30-day notices of eviction for nonpayment of rent. The rule went into effect on Monday, November 8th. All eviction notices at covered properties must provide specific information about […]

In mid-October, the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, with our partner Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, hosted housing justice forums for mayoral and city council candidates. We asked candidates in each race tough questions on how they plan to address New Orleans’ ever growing fair and affordable housing needs. To help you navigate their responses […]

How did you find out about LaFHAC? I have known about LaFHAC for over a decade, I think I learned about it during the post-Katrina recovery era. With so many nonprofits doing good work in the community, what motivates you to give to LaFHAC?  I have been following LaFHAC for years because of the important work […]