NDRN - Issue Areas - Housing Resources

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Joint DOJ HUD Statement and Q&As on Group Homes, Local Land Use and the Fair Housing Act 6-19-1999

Joint Statement of HUD & DOJ on Reasonable Accommodations in Housing 05-17-04

HUD Notice PIH 2005-5 New Freedom Initiative-Comm based Alts for IWD & Section 8

Press Release: Michigan P&A wins housing case

U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development

HUDClips offers FREE access to official repository of policies, procedures, announcements, and other materials maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section Home page,

The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a national housing law and advocacy center. The goal of NHLP is to advance housing justice for the poor by increasing and preserving the supply of decent affordable housing, by improving existing housing conditions, including physical conditions and management practices, by expanding and enforcing low-income tenants' and homeowners' rights, and by increasing opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. NHLP works to achieve that goal by providing legal assistance, advocacy advice and housing expertise to legal services and other attorneys, low-income housing advocacy groups, and others who serve the poor. NHLP’s primary areas of emphasis are public policy advocacy, litigation assistance, training, and research and writing, focusing on issues and problems that will have the greatest impact on the housing rights of the poor.

The Bazelon Center for Mental Health law – Fair Housing - The Bazelon Center has many publications regarding housing issues for people with disabilities, including “A Digest of cases and other resources on Fair Housing for People with Disabilities” (September 2000) and What Fair Housing Means for People with Disabilities. They can be ordered from Bazelon online at http://store.bazelon.org/housing.html. Bazelon also has fact sheets on the following housing issues:

#1: Early Termination of a Lease

#2: Structural Modifications in Public and Section 8 Housing

#3: Neighbors Buying Property to Prevent the Establishment of a Group Home

#4: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Prevent Eviction

#5: Disability Discrimination in the Housing Application and Screening Process

#6: Right to Emotional Support Animals in "No Pet" Housing

#7: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Eliminate Financial Barriers in Housing Applications

#8: Using Reasonable Accommodations for Tenant Posing A "Direct Threat" To Others

#9: Allocating the Burden of Proof in Disability Cases Under the Fair Housing Act

#10: Handling Fair Housing Act Disability Claims in the Context of an Imminent or Pending Eviction Action

#11: The Illegality of “Independent Living” Requirements in Rental Housing, Assisted Living Centers and Continuing Care Retirement Communities

#12: Just Like Where You and I Live—Integrated Housing Options for People with Mental Illnesses

#13: Live-In Aides as Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act and Related Laws

R. Schwemm and M. Allen: For the Rest of Their Lives: Seniors and the Fair Housing Act, 90 Iowa Law Review 121 (2004)

The Technical Assistance Collaborative’s multidisciplinary professional staff has worked extensively in the fields of affordable and supported housing. TAC’s expertise spans the full range of federal and mainstream housing programs and policies that can expand affordable housing for people with disabilities and people who are homeless. TAC’s most recent publications include Priced Out 2002, which shows that the average national rent was greater than the amount of income received by Americans with disabilities from the federal SSI program. TAC has also published Section 8 Made Simple, an excellent overview of the Section 8 program as it relates to individuals with disabilities In the Publications and Links folders for TAC, there are descriptions and links to the websites of organizations doing housing work.

Opening Doors is a joint effort by the Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force (CCD Housing Task Force). The major part of this initiative is producing publications that are helpful to the entire disability community. TAC publishes a quarterly newsletter called Opening Doors. This free newsletter is designed to provide important information on affordable housing issues to people with disabilities, their families, advocates, and service providers across the United States.

National Fair Housing Advocate Online is a resource designed to serve both the fair housing advocacy community and the general public with timely news and information regarding the issues of housing discrimination. The site is maintained by the Tennessee Fair Housing Council with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. TAC publishes a quarterly newsletter called Opening Doors.

Steve Gold’s Treasured Nuggets of Information - Several good information bulletins on housing issues and persons with disabilities.

Housing - Others Resources and Links