• Assistance with Housing Discrimination Complaints
• Policy & Program Initiatives
• Training & Technical Assistance

Assistance with Housing Discrimination Complaints
The Fair Housing Justice Center assists individuals and organizations with allegations of illegal housing discrimination. The following services are provided free of charge:

1. Counseling on fair housing rights
2. Investigative assistance (including testing)
3. Referrals to cooperating attorneys and/or administrative agencies

The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination based on:

In addition to these federally protected characteristics, New York State also makes it unlawful to discriminate in housing based on:

If the act of housing discrimination occurred within the City of New York, discrimination is also prohibited when it is based on:

For direct assistance with a complaint, please call (212) 400-8201 or our toll-free number at 1-866-350-FHJC. You may also click here to send us a brief note about your complaint and we will get back to you.

Policy & Program Initiatives

The C.H.O.I.C.E. (Creating Hope for Open and Inclusive Communities Everywhere) Initiative is a project of FHJC to aid with the development of mixed-income and racially diverse housing opportunities in low-poverty areas so as to:

1. Provide lower income households with greater
   access to opportunities in low-poverty areas;
2. Create more open and inclusive communities; and
3. Reduce inequality and reverse the harm caused by
   systemic housing discrimination, past and present.

To learn more about mixed-income housing being built in low-poverty areas across the country, read the C.H.O.I.C.E. Initiative’s 2007 report entitled “Increasing Access to Low-Poverty Areas by Creating Mixed-Income Housing.” 

To learn more about tenant experiences in these mixed-income housing sites in low-poverty areas, please read our new report,  “Living in Mixed-Income Housing: Profiles and Future Directions” (April 2008). A collection of preliminary observations, this addendum to the C.H.O.I.C.E. report above provides a snapshot view of life at four mixed-income rental developments:

• Waggoner Grove Apartments, Blacklick, Ohio (Suburban Columbus)
• Yahara River View Apartments, Madison, Wisconsin
• Madison Glen, Raleigh, North Carolina
• La Costa Palma, California (San Diego County)

The report offers a profile of tenant demographic and economic information at each site, along with information about amenities and services.

Training & Technical Assistance

The Fair Housing Justice Center contracts with other public and private fair housing enforcement programs to provide technical assistance, training, and other tools to upgrade and strengthen fair housing law enforcement. Senior FHJC staff collectively possess over fifty years of experience in investigating and litigating fair housing cases. The FHJC has provided training and technical assistance services to governmental agencies and other fair housing organizations around the country.

If you are interested in training or technical assistance please email us at fhjc@fairhousingjustice.org or call (212) 400-8201.