Don’t Let the National Flood Insurance Program Expire!
After 13 short-term extensions over the last three years, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is once again set to expire at the end of this month. The NFIP provides vital flood insurance for...
View ArticleTell Congress VAWA should protect all women!
As an organization that works to uphold civil rights in housing for all people, we are deeply disturbed by the recent passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of a version of the Violence Against...
View ArticleProtect the Fair Housing Act!
The U.S. House is voting TODAY on its annual housing spending bill, and at the last moment two amendments were introduced that block rights for families facing discrimination, including people with...
View ArticleThe Real Disparate Impact: People with Disabilities & Returning Veterans
Wall Street is pushing back against the government’s use of disparate impact theory to enforce discrimination claims. Disparate impact theory says that something that seems neutral may, in fact, have...
View ArticleFair Access to Credit Could be at Risk
The Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 3468) could change the way that independent federal agencies operate, and pave the way to challenge landmark regulatory reforms such as the Dodd-Frank...
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The Lame Duck Agenda: Take Action Now to Protect Tenants and Homeowners!
Many of them will be on their way out. Others will sit tight. What should this Congress do when they return in November? 1) Protect renters living in properties facing foreclosure, before these...
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Dear Obama: The Accountability Letter
One year ago, the Obama Administration published a draft of a regulation that institutionalizes an important legal doctrine for advocates to use in enforcing civil rights law. The regulation legally...
View ArticleViolence Against Women: Putting a Stop to it
The last Congress let the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expire, which means that women lost essential protections from abusers. As an organization that works to uphold civil rights in housing for...
View ArticleThis is Dumb
“This is dumb. Can we all agree that this is dumb?”, asked Senator Lindsey Graham at a recent federal hearing on the sequestration. Many of hear of sequestration, which is another word for...
View ArticleHousing Opportunity and the Medicaid Expansion
Access to health insurance is well known to reduce health care costs, but how would Medicaid expansion promote housing choice? Safe, decent and affordable housing is important to health outcomes, just...
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Two Crucial Bills Head to Louisiana Senate Floor!
Louisiana Home Protection Act headed for Senate floor! The Louisiana Home Protection Act sailed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday and is now headed for the Senate floor! Please take a...
View ArticleLouisiana Home Protection Act Makes it to the House!
We’ve got great news! Thanks to all your hard work, the Louisiana Home Protection Act (SB 27) made it through the Senate. We can’t thank you enough! Now comes the hard part: Senator Broome is moving...
View ArticleHelp Keep Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordable
You’ve probably heard about changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) under a bill entitled the Biggert-Waters Act. The changes raise rates to reflect true flood risk, and were intended to...
View ArticleUrge Your Legislator to Support Expansion of the Louisiana Equal Housing Act
Everyone in Louisiana deserves a fair opportunity to find a place to call home. The Louisiana State Legislative session just started last week, and we’re committed to making sure that state laws...
View ArticleMoney for Affordable Housing Doesn’t Belong in Jindal’s Slush Fund!
Affordable housing is under assault by the Louisiana legislature, and we need your help. Please take a moment right now to defeat a dangerous bill that would squeeze out housing for low-income...
View ArticleFair Access to Credit Could be at Risk
The Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act (S. 3468) could change the way that independent federal agencies operate, and pave the way to challenge landmark regulatory reforms such as the Dodd-Frank...
View ArticleAct now to help DV victims keep their homes!
Should people lose their home when they are victims of a crime? Because that’s exactly what happens to victims of domestic violence in Louisiana. Victims are held liable for the violence of...
View ArticleTake Action to Help DV Victims in Louisiana!
Should people lose their home when they are victims of a crime? Because that’s exactly what happens to victims of domestic violence in Louisiana. Victims are held liable for the violence of...
View ArticleAct now to help DV victims keep their homes!
Should people lose their home when they are victims of a crime? Because that’s exactly what happens to victims of domestic violence in Louisiana. Victims are held liable for the violence of...
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The choice to protect domestic violence victims is simple
We have a client right now who was evicted from her apartment literally because her ex-boyfriend showed up uninvited and brutalized her to the point of hospitalization. So we’ve pulled out all the...
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