The Hialeah Housing Authority will be accepting applications for the Public Housing Program ("PH")
Only online pre-applications will be accepted for the lottery.
Preliminary applications must be completed online beginning Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. and will close on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the Hialeah Housing Authority ("HHA") is accepting pre-applications for its Public Housing Program.
For more information, please go here: https://www.hialeahhousing.org/news-archives/public-notice-for-the-opening-and-closing-of-the-waiting-list-public-housing
Read MoreThank you to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission for laying it out so clearly - and for its great work! More: https://www.tn.gov/humanrights/news/2024/4/5/honoring-national-fair-housing-month.html
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The event will feature:
• Morning educational session: Experts will discuss the current state of fair housing, real estate market trends, and emerging issues related to housing discrimination. This session offers a valuable opportunity for networking and knowledge-sharing.
• Afternoon keynote address: Civil rights attorney Matthew W. Dietz will deliver an inspiring address on the importance of fair housing and its impact on our community.
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Read MoreUnder the Fair Housing Act, housing providers may not discriminate because of familial status ("familial status" is "whether a family has minor children"). Illegal discrimination can include eviction; a refusal to sell or rent; or policies, practices, and financing that limit housing opportunity for families.
It’s illegal to limit families to certain parts of a property, such as the first floor or a separate building. Landlords can’t turn away families or require them to rent an apartment that’s larger than they can afford simply because they’re expecting a child.
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Read MoreHOPE, Inc. 2025 Miami-Dade County Fair Housing Month Celebration
Building Bridges
A Fair Housing Future
Friday, April 4, 2025
DoubleTree Biscayne Bay
1717 N. Bayshore Dr., Miami, FL 33132
This event is still on, despite recent financial challenges from the federal government that threaten HOPE's existence. Please come! Thank you!
9:00am – 12:00pm: FREE Workshop
Fair Housing Overview
HOPE, Inc.
Miami’s Housing Crisis: Barriers, Inequities, and Paths to Solutions
Rayna Milfort
Director of Housing Advocacy and Community Engagement
Miami Homes For All
Dismantling Inequity in the Housing Appraisal Industry Residential Caste: How Localities can Transcend Segregation and Opportunity Hoarding
These funds that have been cut off do not represent new grants that HOPE was trying to get. These are funds that were already allocated to us by HUD, as memorialized through signed agreements. We have learned that fair housing agencies across the country had their grants terminated at the same time. The grant terminations are
Read MoreThe grants are disbursed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to private nonprofits, which act as the frontline enforcement of the federal anti-discrimination law passed in 1968. They educate communities on their rights, test whether a landlord is discriminating, investigate complaints, resolve disputes and can help with legal counsel: https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-housing-crisis-cuts-discrimination-d0c6e3b4b030787a1f60a7dc153153dd
Read MorePlease read more here: https://yourhome.fanniemae.com/rent/know-your-renter-rights
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Read MoreThe accomplishments we’ve made together fill me with great pride; from groundbreaking
Read MoreResidents of Miami spend more than 50% of their median household income on mortgage payments, so it’s not a surprise that Vice City has one of the lowest homeownership rates in the whole country.
More here: https://financebuzz.com/best-florida-cities-for-retirees
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9 out of 15, in one state.
Please see more here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91229352/housing-market-home-insurance-shock-interactive-map
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Read MorePlease consider contributing to Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence (HOPE), Inc. and aiding our efforts to end housing discrimination! Give Miami Day is this Thursday, November 21, 2024, but you can early donate now!
Please go to GiveMiamiDay.org/hopefhc (as in HOPE Fair Housing Center), thank you!!
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Applications must be completed online at: https://miamidadevoucher.myhousing.com
Technical Assistance will be provided, in person, to those who need it at one of the following locations:
• Main Library – 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
• Model City Branch Library – Caleb – 2211 NW 54th Street, Miami, FL 33142
• Community Action and Human Services – Rev. Edward T. Graham / Miami Gardens
• refusing to rent to women who wear hijabs;
• harassing tenants because of their religious practices or dress;
• allowing some tenants to put up Christmas lights, but telling others they cannot put up decorations for their non-Christian holidays;
• telling tenant applicants they will not like a neighborhood because there is no synagogue, mosque, or church nearby;
• or prohibiting use of a community room for religious purposes, while allowing tenants to use them for secular gatherings.
Please see more here: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/14religion
If you think you're facing discrimination, please call
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Read MoreLocal governments handled 19.26% of complaints, while the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) handled 5.10% and 0.12% respectively. Each of these entities, responsible for enforcing fair housing laws at various levels, faces mounting challenges amid the surge in grievances: https://themortgagepoint.com/2024/07/15/a-closer-look-at-fair-housing-complaint-metrics/
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Read MoreFor the 48-year-old Neverson, who is Haitian-American, it’s the third residence she has owned and, according to new research, she is the exception in South Florida’s real estate market. Today, fewer Blacks and Hispanics
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In 2021, HUD acted quickly and thoughtfully to enforce the landmark Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that workplace prohibitions on sex discrimination include sexual orientation and gender identity. Soon after the Bostock decision, the White House issued Executive Order 13988, Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, which directs every federal agency to assess federal statutes that prohibit sex discrimination and
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Read MoreThe lawsuit, filed in Miami, contends that the law violates the federal Fair Housing Act and part of the Florida Constitution.
It came after four people and a real-estate broker filed a lawsuit last year challenging restrictions focused on people from China, including arguing that the law violates equal-protection rights and the federal Fair Housing Act. That lawsuit is pending at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The case filed Monday is broader, as it also applies to restrictions placed on people from Russia, Iran,
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The information in the factsheet applies to almost all forms of housing, whether subsidized or in the private market. Please view the full factsheet here: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/FHEO/documents/Never%20Good%20Cause.pdf
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Read MoreLast year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law SB 264, which greatly restricts people from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria from purchasing real property in the state.
The lawsuit filed by Relman Colfax, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, and Courtney Cunningham asserts that SB 264 violates the federal Fair Housing Act. No one should be denied a home because of who they are or where they come from.
New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/florida-land-law-chinese-homes.html
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Read MoreOfficials said the co-ops in question were Isle of Paradise “B,” “C” and “E” Inc., branded as the Monticello, the Georgetown and the Williamsburg buildings respectively. All are located in the 400 block of Paradise Isle Boulevard.
Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that the co-ops violated the Fair Housing Act by having “no child under 12″ policies, in violation of rules prohibiting “familial status discrimination.”
All the while, the buildings weren’t in compliance with federal “housing for older persons” rules, a federal complaint alleges. Those
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If you have any additional questions or concerns about the opening, please contact Digna Moro at (786) 257-3508.
Read MoreFriday, April 19, 2024 at the DoubleTree Biscayne Bay (1717 N. Bayshore Dr., Miami, FL 33132)
9:00am – 12:00pm: FREE Workshop
Housing Justice in Miami
Camilo Mejia, Director of Policy & Advocacy, Catalyst Miami
Community Reinvestment in South Florida
Cornell Crews, Jr., Executive Director, Community Reinvestment Alliance of South Florida
Dismantling Inequity in the Housing Appraisal Industry
Dr. Junia Howell, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:00pm – 2:00pm: Luncheon
Keynote – Dylcia Cornelious, Real Estate Agent
Mrs. Cornelious has more than 25 years of experience as a broker associate and was involved in a 2010 federal racial
We are thrilled to present our keynote speaker, Ms. Leah Rothstein, co-author of “Just Action” and an expert in the full range of housing policy stemming from more than two decades of experience as a consultant to affordable housing developers and local governments, in addition to her work as a community and union organizer.
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fair-housing-2024-tickets-801571190007 The password at the site is FH2024 (might as well tell you, or sending you to the site is useless 😄)
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Though housing discrimination is illegal today, it still happens. By understanding how housing discrimination works and what your rights are, you'll be in a better position to speak up and fight back if you find yourself a victim of it.
What is housing discrimination?
Housing discrimination occurs when an individual is denied access to housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, or disability.
This doesn't just include instances where a landlord refuses to rent to certain groups or a mortgage lender only lends in certain neighborhoods. Things like
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In other words, typically in gentrification, residents of a low-income area get put out and richer people move in. In Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, the gentrification is in high gear.
In Coconut Grove, the Black and White residents
Read MoreOn January 9, 2024, the Justice Department announced a settlement with three cooperative housing corporations in Hallandale Beach, Florida, to resolve allegations that they violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by discriminating against families with children.
The department’s lawsuit alleged that Isle of Paradise “B” Inc., Isle of Paradise “C” Inc. and Isle of Paradise “E” Inc. maintained and/or enforced policies prohibiting children under age 12 at their respective properties on an island known as the Isle of Paradise during certain times since 2015. The properties are 30-unit multifamily buildings known as the Monticello, at 450 Paradise Isle Blvd. (owned by Isle of Paradise “B” Inc.), the Georgetown, at 460 Paradise Isle Blvd. (owned by Isle of Paradise “C” Inc.) and the
Read More2024 HCV Waiting List Opening: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)
1) AM I ELIGIBLE?
Everyone age 18 and older is eligible to submit an application for the Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Community Development’s (PHCD) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Waiting List.
At the time of selection, applicant(s) must meet the program requirements and the income limits for the household composition established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD).
For more info, please visit: https://mdvoucher.com/en-US/Pages/View/3/waiting-list
Read More"...generally the closer you get to the ocean or major rivers, the whiter your community becomes. Take South Florida, where beach communities are the most likely to have larger white populations."
See more here: https://jaxtrib.org/2021/10/21/explore-floridas-diversity-and-segregation-with-the-tributarys-newest-tool/
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Read MoreFor more information, please go to: https://cunninghampllc.com/blog/what-is-source-of-income-discrimination/
Read MoreSee more on how HUD is addressing the legacies of discrimination at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr-edge-featd-article-111423.html
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Read MoreIn spite of the roadblocks, the 56-year-old Florida actress and activist has seen growing acceptance since she first came out decades ago.
"If you see older transgender people, it shows the younger community that it's possible I can have a life. I can live to an older age," she said. "So I think that's a very important thing."
Now, as a wave of state laws enacted this year limit transgender people's rights, Narinesingh has new uncertainty about her own future as she ages.
"Every now and then I have this thought, like, oh my God, if I end up in a nursing home, how are
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Read MoreA group of economists and academics last week sent letters to the federal government, calling on the Biden administration to establish federal rent control and tenant protections for the 12 million renters nationwide living in properties with federally backed mortgages.
Signed by 32 economics and 143 academics, the letters complement a broader Homes Guarantee campaign launched by People’s Action, a national network of political organizations that aim to build power for working people.
“Nationally, median rent has surpassed $2,000 for the first time, and there is not a single state where a worker earning a full-time minimum wage salary can afford a modest
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Read MoreThe amended federal Fair Housing Act prohibits, nationally, any discrimination in the sale, rental, lending, insurance, or advertising of housing on the basis of: Race · Color · National Origin · Religion · Disability · Sex · Familial Status (as in whether or not you have children)
Florida’s fair housing laws provide protection against discrimination on these additional bases: HIV Status · Pregnancy
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