President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act on April 11, 1968, days after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The law, initially focused on racial discrimination, was ...

The suit alleges that HUD’s refusal to distribute appropriated funds under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program violates ...

Fair housing groups across the U.S. received a similar letter, including The Fair Housing Center in Painesville, which serves Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties.

The total cost of the canceled grants is estimated at $12.1 million, Bailey said, or less than a half-percent of Housing and Urban Development’s total $255 billion budget for fiscal 2025.

Of some 34,000 fair housing complaints lodged in the U.S. in 2023, these private nonprofits processed 75%, according to a report from the National Fair Housing Alliance.

Yes—but with some distinctions. Under the Fair Housing Act, housing providers must make “reasonable accommodations” for individuals with disabilities who require the use of an assistance animal.

PAINESVILLE, Ohio – A Painesville nonprofit that enforces federal fair housing laws in three Northeast Ohio counties could shutter permanently this fall after President Donald Trump’s ...