I often write to you about Long Island Housing Services‘ civil rights work fighting housing discrimination, as chronicled in the media stories.
Our work also includes overcoming housing insecurity on other fronts. I wanted to tell you what Rochelle S. had to say about the help her 83yo mother received from LIHS Housing Counselor Alisa Drinkwater: (more…)
As seen in Newsday and The Real Deal:
Long Island Housing Services (LIHS), Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO) and four individual Complainants settled complaints of housing discrimination on the basis of Disability and/or Source of Income against The Cassata Organization Family Limited Partnership, Cassata Holding Company LLC, Oakwood Manor LLC, Nu Horizons LLC, and Michele Cassata (Respondents). (more…)
As seen in Newsday and The Real Deal:
Long Island Housing Services (LIHS) settled a housing discrimination complaint on the basis Source of Income, Familial Status, and Age Discrimination against Kennedy Realty, Inc. Kennedy Realty, Inc. is a real estate company with an office in Islip, New York. (more…)
As seen in Long Island Business News, Newsday, and The Real Deal:
The Long Island Housing Services (LIHS) settlement of a Source of Income and Disability Discrimination complaint against H&G Realty originated with an investigation of New Highway Apartments. H&G Realty has offices in Middle Island and Miller Place, New York.
Brokerage settles discrimination complaint with housing agency
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This FREE training will educate the general public on how to recognize fair housing violations under New York State Human Rights Law. This training may teach you to recognize discrimination against individuals with prior criminal convictions and/or prior arrests. With this training, we will cover a discussion on how to document and report housing discrimination. This webinar will also provide you with training on source of income discrimination, sex discrimination (harassment and gender), familial status discrimination, disability discrimination, and other prohibited basis. It will also include a discussion on how to appeal a denial of housing based on prior convictions and/or prior arrests.
This training will provide ASL and Spanish interpretation services.
This FREE virtual training will educate the general public on how to recognize fair housing violations under New York State Human Rights Law. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UuDKIzpxSea50qQB7OUOIA (more…)
Please come party with us to celebrate bending the arc of history toward justice for the last 55 years. DJ Steezo is back from when he helped us dance the night away two years ago. The Savoy Ballroom was built for clubbing. And, of course, Ian insisted we end the night with another ice cream bar.
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