The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the City of Barberton settled a claim after a five-month dispute over the expansion of a group home. The city will grant the permit and pay $4,250 to the home’s owners and an attorney, according to the settlement released Monday. The city’s planning department initially granted [...]
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Over 100 people gathered at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the National Fair Housing Act and Fair Housing Month. Housing leaders were on hand to provide opening remarks in support of this year’s theme, Our Work Today Defines Our Tomorrow, which was followed by a talk on [...]
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Celebrating Fair Housing Month is always special – it gives us the chance to look back and reaffirm HUD’s commitment to creating fair and decent housing in inclusive, sustainable communities for all as well as an opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go. We recognize that [...]
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Just when you might think or hope that housing discrimination is a thing of the past, we’re reminded it’s still very much a part of society today. Consider the case of a single mother of two hoping to rent a two-bedroom apartment only to be told by the landlord that there is a “one heart [...]
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Looking for a housing counselor or want to learn more about your fair housing rights? The answer may be on your smart phone or tablet! Recently, HUD launched two new mobile apps designed to help consumers learn about and enforce their housing rights and how to get the help they need from hundreds of HUD-approved [...]
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