PROTECTION
Asserting the rights of tenants and breaking down barriers to access
Housing Justice is about the rights of people to have safe, stable, affordable places to call home in communities of all types. Where barriers exist that prevent people from accessing affordable housing, HJC works with our partners to break down barriers through legal advocacy and policy advocacy.
We do this by:
- pursuing anti-displacement policies
- engaging in fair housing impact litigation
- researching the barrier to access and how to eliminate them
- challenging illegal rent increases and other violations of federal programs
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Our Work in this Area
Groundbreaking Fair Housing Settlement in Crossroads at Penn Class Action Lawsuit
Today Judge Ann Montgomery signed the order granting a Motion for Preliminary Approval of the case (click for a copy). On September 29, 2017 a group of former Richfield, Minnesota residents, from the 698 unit apartment complex called Crossroads at Penn, filed court...
HJC’s Work Featured in Documentary Sold Out: Affordable Housing At Risk
HJC's work with Crossroads tenants has been featured in the TPT documentary Sold Out: Affordable Housing At Risk. Affordable housing is under constant threat from changing economic forces and urban development that break up vital communities. Low-income residents have...
HJC files class action discrimination lawsuit on behalf of Richfield residents
At 700 units, the Crossroads Apartments in Richfield was the largest source of unsubsidized but deeply affordable rental housing in the Twin Cities. Crossroads has been home to many low income households of color, persons with disabilities, and tenants dependent on...
HPP Scores Victory for Beleaguered Homeowners in Minnesota Supreme Court
In 2010, Minneapolis homeowner Connie Gretsch lost her job and, like many Americans, fell behind on her mortgage. When her lender, Vantium Capital, began foreclosure proceedings, Ms. Gretsch asked to be considered for the HAMP program. HAMP is a federal program...
HPP Argues Foreclosure Case before Minnesota Supreme Court
Like millions of Americans, Minneapolis resident Connie Gretsch lost her job, fell behind on her mortgage, and found herself facing foreclosure. Unlike many others, however, Ms. Gretsch knew of a federal program that could help her avoid foreclosure, and she asked...
HPP’s Foreclosure Project Winding Down After Six Years of Solid Accomplishments
In 2007, HPP launched its Foreclosure Relief Law Project, with a mission of expanding homeowner rights through high impact litigation and assisting local governments and community groups in addressing the impacts of the foreclosure crisis. Now, as HPP's...
HPP Lawsuit Leads to National Policy Change Benefitting 200,000 Tenants
Sometimes a phone call asking a simple question can lead to big things. In 2007, HPP received a phone call from a tenant organizer working with low income residents in a rural Texas HUD Section 8 project. She had noticed that the residents' utility...
Foreclosure Ruling Expands Homeowner Rights
A recent ruling issued by a Federal District Court judge in Minneapolis in an HPP case addresses a common problem which contributed to the housing market crash and the foreclosure epidemic: sloppy paperwork by mortgage lenders. In this case, a real...
HPP Helps Establish That Tenants In Tax Credit Projects Have Preservation Rights
Tenants and their advocates have worked for years to establish legally enforceable rights to maintain the affordability of HUD apartment buildings. But for two decades now the primary federal program to produce new affordable rental units has been the Low Income...
HPP Report Prompts HUD To Correct Rent Overcharges Across Country
As a result of representing a tenant group in Texas (Crowder v. HUD), HPP uncovered a serious flaw in HUD's administration of Section 8 properties across the country. In short, HUD's failure to instruct all Section 8 administrators on the need to regularly...