• “We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”
    President
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

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The mission of the FAIR HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER (FHJC) is to eliminate housing discrimination, promote open, accessible, and inclusive communities, and strengthen enforcement of fair housing laws.

LATEST FROM FHJC

Opening Acts Newsletter: May 2, 2013

Bronx Co-op Community Welcomes All Buyers

Discriminatory Reference Rule Abolished

May 1, 2013, District Court Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. approved a settlement between the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and the Edgewater Park Owners Cooperative, Inc. (EPOC). The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in February 2010 in which the FHJC alleged that two housing [...]

Opening Acts Newsletter: April 29,2013

FHJC Investigation Exposes Racial Bias at Bay Ridge Apartment Building

April 29, 2013 The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and three African American testers filed a lawsuit in federal district court (E.D.N.Y.) alleging that the owners and managers of an apartment building in Brooklyn discriminate against African American renters.

This case resulted from an undercover testing [...]

Opening Acts Newsletter: April 25, 2013

FHJC Uncovers Separate and Unequal Track at LeFrak

On April 25, 2013, the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and a woman living with AIDS who applied to rent an apartment at the 5000-unit LeFrak City complex filed a lawsuit in federal district court (S.D.N.Y.) alleging that one of the nation’s largest landlords discriminates on the [...]

Opening Acts Newsletter: April 18, 2013

19 Buildings, But No Apartments for African Americans

On April 18, 2013, the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and four African American testers filed a lawsuit in federal district court (E.D.N.Y.) alleging that the owners and managers of multiple apartment buildings discriminate against African American renters. The case resulted from an investigation conducted by the [...]

Opening Acts Newsletter: March 19, 2013

FHJC Settles Discrimination Case with NYC Realty Firm

On March 15, 2013, federal Judge Deborah Batts signed a settlement agreement resolving FHJC’s housing discrimination lawsuit against Bond NYC Properties Brokerage (Bond), a realty company with over 300 agents. The settlement provides extensive injunctive relief and a total monetary recovery of $212,500. In the settlement, Bond [...]