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

Foreclosure reviews to take longer than expectedReviews of hundreds of thousands of foreclosure cases ordered by regulators last year will take months longer to complete than first expected, according to documents filed with federal banking regulators. The delays could postpone compensation for some homeowners harmed by improper foreclosure actions. The reviews cover foreclosure actions in 2009 and 2010 by the nation’s 14 largest mortgage servicers, which handle payments for about 65% of U.S. mortgages. They are required by enforcement orders announced by federal regulators last April. January 13, 2012
Decline of affordable housing has many causesYou don’t have to be an economist to know that family income for the last three decades has accelerated at a much slower pace than the cost of housing, compounding the difficulty low- and moderate-income people face in seeking affordable housing. The situation means that people with low and moderate incomes must spend an ever greater portion of household income on rent. Don’t expect the problem to reverse anytime soon because many of the economic and political factors that made land and housing affordable no longer exist. January 13, 2012