Monthly Archives: January 2011

Soft Launch Week 5!

This week with news from Kentucky, Illinois and Nevada. Plus, HUD proposes a rule banning LGBT discrimination in federal housing programs. And, HUD says medical marijuana is NOT allowed in public or assisted housing, but managers DO NOT have to … Continue reading

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A bit of history

Fair Housing – a Legislative History Cleaner

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Attention Podcast Machine subscribers!

If you subscribe to this podcast via Podcast Machine, that feed will likely be dead soon.  Please update your podcasting software to use this feed:  http://fairhousingpodcast.com/?feed=podcast I will keep the Podcast Machine feed active for as long as I can, … Continue reading

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Fair Housing Podcast – Soft Launch Week 4

This week with an analysis of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Dixon v. Hallmark Companies and news of the Justice Department’s work in three familial status cases in Georgia, Washington and Massachusetts. Dixon v. Hallmark Companies:  http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201010047.pdf … Continue reading

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Soft Launch Week 3! Player edition!

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Akron suit claims insurance for churchgoers discriminates

Link: Akron suit claims insurance for churchgoers discriminates A national insurance company that markets special deals to ”churchgoers and people of faith” is being sued by fair housing groups in Washington, D.C., and Akron for religious discrimination.

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Kennedy v. City of Zanesville

Link: Kennedy v. City of Zanesville The sixty-seven plaintiffs in the case had alleged that the City of Zanesville, Muskingum County, and the East Muskingum Water Authority refused to provide them public water service for over fifty years because they … Continue reading

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MLK speaks out against the Vietnam War.

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HOGWASH: Pentagon Official: King Would Support Iraq, Afghan Wars

Link: HOGWASH: Pentagon Official: King Would Support Iraq, Afghan Wars A federal official for the DOD says Martin Luther King would have supported wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  HOGWASH!

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Soft Launch Week 3!

Link: Soft Launch Week 3! This week, MLK Day and an interview with Vincent Curry, executive director of the Fair Housing Advocates Association in Akron, Ohio.

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