Our Fair Housing team concentrates on the right to stay in decent and affordable housing within the community, and the freedom to choose where to live via housing mobility.
We take action to overcome historic patterns of segregation and discrimination, enforce affordable housing and habitability laws through administrative complaints/litigation, and develop and advocate for policies that help encourage and facilitate the construction of new housing in areas that offer opportunities for low-income individuals and families.
The Fair Housing Project is part of the greater Equitable Development Initiative within Lone Star Legal Aid. Place matters and where a person lives is one of the greatest determinants of their ability to flourish and succeed. The Equitable Development Initiative’s goal is to provide legal assistance to foster community revitalization in low-income neighborhoods by fighting systemic discrimination and degradation, and by helping residents create safe, decent and equitable living spaces. The Civil Rights Act and government agency rules and regulations are among the advocacy tools EDI uses to fight the inequities in the communities we serve.