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  • Archived Testimony of Prof. Brian Gilmore before the House Subcommitte on Housing and community OpportunityIf you missed Professor Brian Gilmore’s testimony as one of the witnesses before the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity hearing regarding the Housing Fairness Act of 2009 (H.R. 476), you may click link above.

    If you would like to view Prof. Gilmore’s testimony in particular, it begins approximately 1 hour and 8 minutes into the hearing and he answers some questions approximately 6 minutes later.

    H.R. 476, the Housing Fairness Act of 2009, is a bill sponsored by Rep. Al Green, (D-Texas 9th District). The bill authorizes $20 million annually for HUD to administer a nationwide testing program to measure patters of adverse treatment based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability or national origins in rentals, real estate sales, and lending practices.     January 20, 2010
  • Gilmore Weighs in Over the Airwaves of NPR’s KCRW “To The Point”, Santa Monica, CANew York’s Westchester County was sued for defrauding the federal government by misrepresenting its efforts to comply with conditions mandated for housing assistance. On Monday, August 10th, the County entered into a “landmark desegregation agreement,” compelling creation of affordable housing in overwhelmingly white communities, including Scarsdale, Broxville and Hastings-on-Hudson. NPR radio station KCRW interviews Gerald McKinstry of the Journal News and Brian Gilmore, supervising attorney for the Fair Housing Clinic at Howard University School of Law. Click the above link, when the media player for KCRW appears, advance to the player to 41:00 of the broadcast where Professor Gilmore’s segment is. The program is 60 minutes, and Prof. Gilmore’s interview begins 41 minutes into the program. August 11, 2009
  • HUSL Fair Housing Clinic’s Fair Housing Month ActivitiesThe HUSL Fair Housing Clinical Law Program has a number of community outreach and seminar activities scheduled in observance of Fair Housing Month and the 41st Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. HUD has declared, “Building the American Dream For All,” as the theme for this year’s Fair Housing Month ceremony, emphasizes the Fair Housing Act’s promise that all people have a chance at the American dream regardless of their race, color, national origin, sex, religion, familial status, or disability. April 1, 2009

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  • Earl A. Barthé, a Master of Plaster, Dies at 87Mr. Barthé, who died on Jan. 11 at the age of 87, created cornices, friezes and ceiling medallions whose character and workmanship drew recognition from the Smithsonian and the National Endowment for the Arts. And when Hurricane Katrina flooded his home, shop and the city he loved, Mr. Barthé deployed his skills to help reassemble interiors, whether it was a Bourbon Street restaurant or a Ninth Ward shotgun shack. February 2, 2010
  • Want a Loan Modification? Bring DocumentsHomeowners applying for mortgage modifications will soon have to provide paperwork upfront showing that they qualify. The new documentation process is aimed at getting homeowners more rapidly into permanent modifications with lower monthly payments. To accept homeowners into the program, many lenders accepted borrowers by taking proof of income over the phone. Getting the documentation needed to get into a permanent modification then took time, lengthening the process.Under the change, homeowners will provide the documentation upfront. January 29, 2010
  • ADMINISTRATION UPDATES DOCUMENTATION COLLECTION PROCESS AND RELEASES GUIDANCE TO EXPEDITE PERMANENT MODIFICATIONSAs part of the Administration’s ongoing housing market stabilization plan, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released updated guidance for servicers participating in the Administration’s mortgage modification program. This guidance refines the documentation requirements in order to expedite conversions of current trial modifications to permanent ones. January 29, 2010

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