Fair Housing Clinic - Howard University School of Law

Joint Utility Discount Day is September 27, 2011!Low-income residents can apply for discounts and financial assistance on all of their utility bills at a single location during the annual Joint Utility Discount Day (JUDD) that will take place at the : Walter E. Washington Convention Center , Hall A on Tuesday, September 27th from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. The environmental department has partnered with the Public Service Commission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, PEPCO, Washington Gas, DC Water and Sewer Authority and Verizon to put the event together. Howard University School of Law’s Fair Housing Clinic Student Attorneys will be on hand as volunteers. September 26, 2011

HUD INDEFINITELY DEBARS FOUR INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING REVERSE MORTGAGE SCAM THAT TARGETED SENIORSThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the indefinite debarment of three South Florida mortgage loan officers and a Pittsburgh title agent following their criminal convictions on charges they defrauded elderly borrowers, mortgage lenders and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Marcos Echevarria, Louis Gendason, John Incandela and Kimberly Mackey pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their part in a $2.5 million nation-wide reverse mortgage scam. All four individuals are currently serving prison terms. April 18, 2012
HUD targeted as budget pressures growIn this age of austerity, whoever wins the presidential election will have to make tough decisions about where to find budget savings, and housing advocates worry that HUD could be a top target, at a time when the agency is already under stress. The agency’s difficulty in meeting needs has grown only tougher with the onset five years ago of a national housing downturn, which pushed unemployment sharply higher. April 18, 2012