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FAIR HOUSING LAW & RESEARCH


The following are resources which may be useful to you in learning more about fair housing and fair lending compliance. It also provides you access to governmental agencies where you can file administrative charges of housing discrimination. If you find a link that has been moved or no longer available please contact us so we can update this section of our web pages.

 
Ohio Law

Anderson's Ohio Administrative Code

Anderson's Ohio Revised Code

City of Cleveland Predatory Lending Ordinance

Ohio Revised Code Sec. 4112: Equal Employment Opportunity

  

Federal Fair Housing Laws

Fair Housing Act 

Fair Housing Action        


Scholarly Articles by Attorneys of
The Housing Advocates, Inc. 

Fair Housing and Zoning Law

Leases: An Ounce of Prevention

Fair Housing Law as a Weapon Against Predatory Lending

Selected Testimony of Edward G. Kramer Before Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (2008)

Title VIII Fair Housing Litigation Comes of Age

Property and Casualty Insurance Discrimination

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: Reporting Requirements, Disclosure Requirements and Legal Developments

Ethical Issues Between Lawyers and Lender Corporations

Predatory Lending: A New Law, Future Regulations, and Emerging Legal Theories

Residential Eviction and Trial

Prohibitions, Reporting Requirements, and Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act

 

Fair Housing Studies

Urban County of Cuyahoga County - Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (2008)

Prof. Claudia Coulton, Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development - Toxic Mortgages: Market Segmentation and Disparate Racial Impact in Cuyahoga County/Cleveland

 

Private Fair Housing Agencies

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - Fair Housing

Civilrights.org: Housing/Lending 

Cleveland Tenants Organization 

Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Donald B. Eager & Associates, LLC

Fair Housing Advocates Association

Fair Housing Contact Services

fairhousinglaw.org

Fair Housing Resource Center 

Fair Housing Accessibility First

Heights Community Congress

Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati

Housing Research & Advocacy Center 

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Miami Valley Fair Housing Center 

National Fair Housing Advocate Online

National Fair Housing Alliance

National Low Income Housing Coalition

Toledo Fair Housing Center 

Urban Institute

Woodstock Institute

  

Government Agencies

Cuyahoga County of Ohio

City of Parma

City of Sandusky Fair Housing

City of Shaker Heights

Dayton Human Relations Council

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:       

Housing Discrimination Complaints    

Fair Housing General Information Library

United States Department of Justice:     

Civil Rights & Liberties Violations    


Research Sources on Fair Housing and Lending

ESRI - GIS & Mapping, ArcDataEssential Information

FDIC Institution Directory

FDIC - Side by Side - A Fair Lending Guide

FDIC -  Summary of Deposits

GIS for Equitable and Sustainable Communities

JohnMarshall School of Law:     

Fair Housing Legal Support Center Research Database

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:       

Housing, Lending and Community Development Project

Legal Database: Real Estate Law  

Ohio Civil Rights Commission

Ohio Secretary of State

Sprawl Watch

U.S. Census Bureau - Census 2000