New Tools for Fair Housing

North Carolina Housing Coalition is pleased to announce two Fair Housing related news items:

We will be hosting Fair Housing and Reasonable Accommodations Trainings in September, October and November.

Overcoming Municipal Barriers: A Fair Housing Guide for NC's Affordable Housing Developers is now available.


Fair Housing Trainings
NC Housing Coalition invites you to attend a Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Property Managers Training.

This training will focus on the rights and responsibilities of landlords and property managers under Fair Housing laws, including Reasonable Accommodations, and NC Landlord-Tenant Law. This training is designed for landlords and property managers of developments that serve low- to moderate-income residents. Certificates of attendance are available.

Raleigh: September 14, 2007, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm in the Meeting Room at the RDU Airport Authority Building; 1000 Trade Drive, RDU Airport, NC 27623.

Asheville: October 26, 2007 , 9:00 am – 12:30 pm in the small conference room (209) at the Haynes Center at ABTCC Enka Campus; 1459 Sand Hill Rd., Candler, NC 28715.

Winterville: November 2, 2007 , 9:00 am – 12:30 pm in the Leslie Building Auditorium (Room 143) at Pitt Community College; 1986 Pitt Tech Rd., Winterville, NC 28590.
Registration costs are $20 for NC Housing Coalition members and $30 for non-members. Registration is required, and closes a week before each event.

For more information and to register, please contact jniff@nchousing.org.


Overcoming Municipal Barriers: A Fair Housing Guide for NC's Affordable Housing Developers
Despite producing some of the best examples of affordable housing in the country, those who build affordable housing, both for-profit and non-profit, still face considerable opposition from local governments across our state.

We believe that this opposition is based in misguided perceptions of what is being proposed and often driven by discriminatory stereotypes about race and class. It can also take the form of outdated stereotypes about design and economic impact based on the failed large-scale urban renewal developments of fifty or more years ago.

The Housing Coalition is committed to changing the perception of the public and local governments about what affordable housing looks like and what its impact in their community will be both by conducting a public information campaign and by challenging discriminatory development decisions in the courts.

We are pleased to present this guidebook by Amy Curry and the Duke Law School Community Enterprise Clinic and hope it helps builders and nonprofit organizations better understand their rights under fair housing law as developers of affordable homes. We also hope that it leads to more successful challenges to communities that are discriminating against affordable housing by denying or delaying their approval.

This guide is available for download from our website and will soon be available in hard copy. To download a .PDF copy, please visit our website: www.nchousing.org.