Did you know that April is National Fair Housing Month?  This year marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the landmark civil rights law that made discrimination in housing transactions unlawful. The Act prohibits discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, and […]

It is no secret that there is a housing crisis in this country. Since early 2021, when we were all still immersed in the ramifications of the pandemic, a group of interested stakeholders here in Delaware began to meet on a regular basis (over Zoom, of course), to brainstorm and engage in strategic and targeting […]

Which of these things is not like the other:  Stealing a hoagie from WAWA Being evicted from your apartment Needing an order of protection to keep a perpetrator of domestic violence away Losing your food benefits.   The answer is of course, (a), but perhaps not for the reason you might think. People accused of crimes […]

While every month is Fair Housing month at CLASI, each year we place special emphasis on public awareness during April.  Three weeks ago, we were proud to host a virtual fair housing event that featured Delaware State Senator Elizabeth Lockman (found on Twitter as: @TizzyLockmanDE) as our keynote speaker.  Senator Lockman spoke compellingly about her […]

I did not always know I wanted to be a lawyer. The thought really first occurred to me during college when I was an intern in Child, Inc.’s Domestic Violence Advocacy Program, where I worked with survivors of domestic violence navigating the Protection from Abuse (“PFA”) process in Family Court. I was always drawn to […]