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Long Island Housing Services, Inc.

Long Island Housing Services, Inc.

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Elimination of unlawful housing discrimination* ranks as the agency’s priority. However, in addition to Fair Housing counseling and investigations, seeking redress for victims where compelling evidence is gathered, we also serve in many other capacities to improve housing conditions for residents. Routinely, clients are referred to us by word-of-mouth and a wide variety of private and public agencies to assist in counseling to resolve many landlord-tenant disputes related to: relationships/communication with housing providers; illegal eviction actions (such as denial of essential services like heat, water, electricity); securing or maintaining housing; improving conditions of habitability (e.g. sanitation/plumbing, infestation, fallen ceilings, leaking roofs/windows); denial of reasonable accommodation (e.g. for creating ramp or parking accessible for tenant’s use); setting illegal occupancy rules, etcetera. Examples of local government agencies from which clients are commonly referred are: County Courts and Departments of Health, Handicapped, Senior and Social Services, Police, as well as Town Building and Code Enforcement Departments. Long Island Housing Services also counsels homeowners that are in danger of foreclosure because of changed economic circumstances (e.g. loss of or diminished income related to hospitalization, illness, job loss, death or separation of families). Our unique fair housing advocacy program distinguishes from any other HUD-approved, certified Housing Counseling agency that serves Long Island. The agency has been in the forefront to investigate and challenge predatory lending and has served with the New Yorkers for Responsible Lending Steering Committee since its inception. "Our mission is the elimination of unlawful housing discrimination and promotion of decent and affordable housing through advocacy and education."

网站
http://www.lifairhousing.org
所属行业
非盈利组织
规模
11-50 人
类型
非营利机构

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Long Island Housing Services, Inc.员工

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  • How DC densifie. Washington, DC, has avoided the worst price rises that have plagued other American cities. Arlington might be the reason. https://ow.ly/O4KY50VHPMS DC’s relative success can be traced to a few decisions made decades ago. In the 1970s, policymakers in Arlington County made a decision to adopt what’s known as ‘transit-oriented development planning’ ahead of the opening of DC’s Metro Orange Line, which runs between Arlington and Prince George County, Maryland (via DC). Arlington policymakers identified that zoning for apartment construction in commercial areas could bring in property taxes and help balance the budget without the level of controversy of changing zoning in existing residential areas. Some nearby jurisdictions followed suit, learning from Arlington’s example, helping the DC region stay more affordable than the country’s other superstar cities.

  • 🏘️⚖️🖥️ American Sign LanguageThis FREE/GRATUITA April 30, 2025/30 de abril de 2025 (10– 11:30am) Fair Housing/Justicia en la vivienda training/webinario on Zoom. Register in advance/Regístrese con anticipación: https://lnkd.in/e646p2wF 🧏 ASL interpretation. 🗣️Este webinario/entrenamiento de capacitacion acerca de justicia en la vivenda tendra interpretes en Español

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  • Baldwin housing discrimination case results in local brokerage firm, real estate agent and landlord being ordered to pay $16,500 fine https://lnkd.in/eMc5SdZQ Under New York State law, it is unlawful to deny housing opportunities based on someone’s legal source of income, whether it be Social Security, alimony payments or housing vouchers and subsidies, said Ian Wilder, executive director of Long Island Housing Services. : Wilder, whose organization investigates instances of housing discrimination on Long Island, said discrimination based on income, race and disability remain major problems both locally and across the country. “It’s a prevalent across the country and its prevalent here, very much so,” Wilder said. “Our biggest problem is that we don’t have a sufficient number of people to reach all the people who are suffering from it.” Wilder said income discrimination remains one of the biggest obstacles to getting in-need Long Islanders into the housing they need. “We do see a lot of explicit income discrimination even among real estate agents who should know better at this point,” said Wilder, adding that while a state law governing lawful income discrimination went into in 2018, Nassau County has had a law on the books for a decade.

  • 30/4/2025 GRATUITA Justicia en la vivienda Zoom webinario. Regístrese con anticipación:  https://ow.ly/YhOg50V6wxN Este webinario/entrenamiento de capacitacion acerca de justicia en la vivenda tendra interpretes en Español Descripción del evento: Esta capacitación GRATUITA empoderará a las personas para reconocer violaciones a la vivienda justa. Esta capacitación sobre vivienda justa también cubrirá una breve discusión sobre la discriminación por estado familiar, discriminación por sexo, discriminación por discapacidad y otras categorías prohibidas. El seminario web también discutirá qué hacer cuando experimenten o sospechen de discriminación en la vivienda. Esta capacitación proporcionará servicios de interpretación en ASL. Este webinario/capacitación acerca de justicia en la vivienda tendrá intérpretes en español. ¿Cuándo?: 30 de Abril del 2025 (10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.) ¿Dónde?: Capacitación Virtual de Vivienda Justa vía Zoom Regístrese con anticipación para este seminario web: https://ow.ly/YhOg50V6wxN ¡La Discriminación en Vivienda es Ilegal! ¡Infórmese sobre sus Derechos de Vivienda Justa! ¡Abril es el Mes de la Vivienda Justa y el Mes de Concientización sobre la Agresión Sexual! Long Island Housing Services es una organización 501c3 de derechos civiles sin fines de lucro centrada en la vivienda justa. El trabajo de ejecución y defensa de la Vivienda Justa para esta capacitación está respaldado por una subvención del “Programa de Iniciativas de Vivienda Justa” (conocido como PEI por sus siglas en inglés) del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD). Para más detalles, puede encontrar información sobre nuestra agencia en https://ow.ly/OYFB50V6wxK Las preguntas pueden dirigirse a info@lifairhousing.org o al 631-567-5111 ext. 375

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  • Combatting Home Appraisal Bias! Empowering Homeowners and the Public to Leverage Wealth Equity This FREE/GRATUITA April 23, 2025/30 de abril de 2025 (10– 11am) training will empower individuals to understand the Home Appraisal Process and recognize Appraisal Bias. Este webinar/entrenamiento de sesgo de tasación de viviendas tendra interpretes en Español. Register in advance/Regístrese con anticipación: https://ow.ly/SX6x50Vj0UV This training will provide ASL interpretation services Are you concerned about appraisal bias affecting your home’s value? Join us for an informative webinar where we’ll explore how to empower yourself and your community against discrimination in the appraisal process. What You Will Learn: *Understanding Home Appraisals: Learn the basics and why they matter. *Identifying Appraisal Bias: Discover common signs of bias and how to recognize them in reports. *Your Rights: Understand the recourse available to you under Fair Housing law. *Real-Life Case Studies: Hear about impactful cases like the Austin Family and what they faced. Long Island Housing Services is a civil rights 501c3 nonprofit focused on fair housing. The Fair Housing enforcement and advocacy work for this training is supported through a grant New York Community Trust– Long Island More information about our agency can be found at https://ow.ly/k8SO50Vj0UR Questions can be addressed to 631-567-5111 ext. 314 or Info@LIFairHousing.org

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  • Family Status and Source of Income Discrimination Complaints Settled with Rockville Centre Real Estate. Continuing Market Failure means Government Must Encourage and Build Affordable Housing for our Children’s Future https://lnkd.in/eaJ4BrW5 Long Island Housing Services (LIHS) settled a housing discrimination complaint against Compass Greater NY LLC and Karen Elefante based on allegations of Familial Status and Source of Income Discrimination. Compass Great NY LLC is a licensed real estate company with an office in Rockville Centre, New York. Elefante is a licensed real estate agent with Compass Greater NY LLC. Source of Income Discrimination Investigation As part of a 2021 systematic investigation, Long Island Housing Services initiated testing against Compass. The testing and investigation revealed evidence that testers with Housing Choice Section 8 vouchers who posed as participants of Making Moves program were told that they would have to meet several criteria, including a credit score of 700 and a minimum yearly income of $100,000 to $120,000. A minimum income policy is often enacted by housing providers as a method of excluding individuals with housing subsidies. Individuals with housing subsidies usually cannot meet the minimum income required by the housing providers because of the maximum income limits required for the housing subsidy. Therefore, it may be considered a source of income discrimination to apply a minimum income or credit score policy to individuals with housing subsidies. Familial Status Discrimination Investigation Denial of the acceptance of the Making Moves program may constitute both familial status discrimination in addition to Source of Income discrimination. Familial status discrimination may occur if the applicant is denied housing after informing the housing provider of the specific nature of the program, such as Making Moves, which was designed to provide opportunities to families with minor children to live in more resourced areas.

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