In a ploy to garner votes through fear-mongering, President Trump went on a racist Twitter tirade, attacking HUD’s mandate to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH). This mandate, which was instituted by the Fair Housing Act, obligates jurisdictions across the nation to use HUD funds to desegregate neighborhoods and promote access to equal housing opportunities for all […]

In response to President Trump and Secretary Carson’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, LaFHAC reaffirms our stance that this administration’s cry to “Protect America’s Suburbs” is based on a racist mischaracterization of the aim of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) provision of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The Obama-era AFFH rule aimed to […]

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) released Gentrification and Disinvestment 2020, a report analyzing five-year data from the American Community Survey (ACS) collected during the periods 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 on neighborhood change and gentrification. Read a copy of the full report here.     As COVID-19 poses unprecedented threats to communities and demands many of us […]

NEW ORLEANS—Today, the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center (LaFHAC), responded to the White House and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) termination of the landmark2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule and the implementation of a new unvetted rule without public comment. “This is another authoritarian attempt to circumvent Congress and the typical […]

NEW ORLEANS—Today, 54 social service agencies and advocates from across the state called on Governor John Bel Edwards to pursue all options to increase rental assistance funding, as the recently announced Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance program ran out of money in just three days. The $24 million allocated for the program is only a fraction of […]

Some members of our congressional delegation don’t want to spend money on the HEROES Act, which would help us all stay in our homes during COVID-19 and avert the coming eviction avalanche. But those same members gladly spent billions to protect corporations, police departments, and wealthy homeowners in previous budget and relief bills. Budgets are […]

The National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) recently published its annual Out of Reach report, that examines the price of a modest two-bedroom apartment in relation to the average wage a resident must make to afford the apartment. This is known as the “Housing Wage.” In Louisiana, the Housing Wage is $17.48 per hour while the minimum […]

LaFHAC is excited to welcome our summer interns and law clerks. Learn more about each of them below:  Rebecca Desta is a second year law student at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor in Sociology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2017. Her goal is […]

On June 15th, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay, lesbian and transgender workers against employment discrimination. In this landmark ruling, the Court stated that employment discrimination based on sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity. This ruling will protect millions of workers throughout the […]

- Update about eviction court opening 6/15/2020