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 […]

Join us as we commemorate the signing of the Fair Housing Act this month with a series of events meant to build community, educate, and celebrate housing justice! Community Crawfish Boil We’re so excited to announce that LaFHAC is hosting our first Community Crawfish Boil since 2019! We celebrate Fair Housing Month every April to […]

The Fair Housing Act, though very important, isn’t the only law that protects Louisiana residents in their housing. We’d like to showcase a state law from 2015 that prevents municipalities from enacting “nuisance ordinances”. What are nuisance ordinances? These are local rules that can require landlords to evict all tenants from properties deemed “a nuisance,” […]

In honor of Women’s History Month we’d like to honor and commemorate the valiant acts of bold women who fought against segregation and led the struggle for fair housing and civil rights. . Here’s a list of three women activists you may not have heard of, whose service to society played a pivotal role in […]

AT LEAST 75% of Airbnbs operating in New Orleans are ILLEGAL! Because of lax enforcement from the City, this number could be even higher. Instead of providing housing for New Orleanians that are close to jobs and in the neighborhoods where we grew up, bad actor real estate investors sell out entire neighborhoods to get […]