RESOURCES & LINKS

Government Agencies Responsible for Enforcing Fair Housing Laws
Legal Resources - Local
Miscellaneous Links and Resources


Government Agencies Responsible for Enforcing Fair Housing Laws

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3532
New York, NY  10278-0068
212-264-1290 or 1-800-496-4294
TTY: 212-264-0927 or 1-800-927-9275
http://www.hud.gov/

United States Department of Justice
Housing & Civil Enforcement Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - HCE/ NWB
Washington, D.C. 20530(202) 514-4713
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/hce/

New York State Division of Human Rights
One Fordham Plaza, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10458
718-741-8400  (TDD: 718-741-8304)
 http://www.dhr.state.ny.us/

New York State Attorney General’s Office
New York City Regional Office Civil Rights Bureau
120 Broadway
New York City, NY 10271
(212) 416-8250
http://www.ag.ny.gov/

New York City Commission on Human Rights
Law Enforcement Bureau
40 Rector Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10006
212-306-7450
TDD: 212-306-7686 or 212-306-7589
http://www.nyc.gov/html/cchr/home.html
The New York City Commission has Community Service Centers located throughout the city.

Nassau County Commission on Human Rights
240 Old Country Road, Suite 606,
Mineola, New York 11501
(516) 571-3662
http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/HRC/index.html

Orange County Human Rights Commission
18 Seward Avenue
Middletown, NY 10940
845-615-3680
http://www.co.orange.ny.us/content/124/1340/default.aspx

Rockland County Commission on Human Rights
Bank of New York Building
2 New Hempstead Road - Second Floor - Suite 208
New City, New York  10956
Main Number (845) 708-7200
http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/human/humdefault.htm

Suffolk County Commission on Human Rights
H. Lee Dennison Bldg., 1st Floor
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, New York 11788
631-853-5480
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/departments/humanrights.aspx

Westchester County Human Rights Commission
112 East Post Road, 3rd Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
914-995-7710
http://www.westchestergov.com/humanrightscommission/


Legal Resources - Local

LawHelp.org - Website to help low-income New Yorkers solve legal problems
www.lawhelp.org/ny 

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Legal Referral Service Hotline 
(212) 626-7373
http://www.abcny.org/

Citywide Taskforce on Housing Court
Landlord/Tenant Hotline
212-962-4795
http://www.cwtfhc.org/

South Brooklyn Legal Services
Foreclosure Prevention Project
718-246-3279
http://www.sbls.org/index.php?id=11

 
Miscellaneous Links and Resources

Accessibility First - An initiative designed to promote compliance with the Fair Housing Act design and construction requirements.
http://www.fairhousingfirst.org/

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - Fact sheets and legal updates on disability rights issues.
http://www.bazelon.org/issues/housing/index.htm

Center for Responsible Lending - A national resource on predatory lending practices.
http://www.responsiblelending.org/

Corporation for Supportive Housing - A guidebook on fair housing issues for supportive housing providers, entitled, “Between the Lines: A Question and Answer Guide on Legal Issues in Supportive Housing."
http://www.csh.org/

National Fair Housing Advocate
http://www.fairhousing.com/

Poverty and Race Research Action Council
http://www.prrac.org/

 

 
 
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