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Local Fair
Housing Groups Create “Fair Housing & Diversity Project”
Aim to Work Collaboratively, Share Resources
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Cleveland, Ohio - Heights Community
Congress (HCC) and the Housing Research & Advocacy Center (Housing
Center), two local fair housing organizations that serve northeast Ohio,
announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to
work together on a variety of projects that will serve their respective
missions and strengthen the region. While the two organizations will continue
to operate as separate organizations, through their collaborative efforts,
the recently-formed Fair Housing & Diversity Partnership will allow
the two non-profit organizations to share certain resources and undertake
joint activities in the region.
Housing Center Executive Director Jeffrey D. Dillman noted that this partnership
is an exciting opportunity for the organizations and the region. “While
our organizations have collaborated on individual projects in the past,
this partnership has the potential to build on the strengths of each of
our organizations and further our shared goals of eradicating housing
discrimination and promoting social justice."
Kasey Greer, Executive Director of HCC, agreed, noting that the partnership
will have a significant impact on improving the social and economic health
of the region, "Given our combined accomplishments and strengths
in the areas of fair housing, fair lending and community engagement, we
look forward to a fruitful and productive partnership that will yield
great benefits as it relates to the quality of life in our region."
Heights Community Congress was established in 1972 as one of the first
fair housing agencies in Cuyahoga County. Based in Cleveland Heights,
HCC's mission is to be an advocate of social justice, a monitor of fair
housing and a facilitator of community building. In addition to the fair
housing services it has provided for 35 years, HCC has developed its diversity
program that includes forums on issues of race, class and diversity, workshops
and training sessions, and a host of other community engagement activities,
designed to encourage people to respect, acknowledge and appreciate each
other's similarities and differences.
The mission of the Housing Research & Advocacy Center, based in Cleveland,
is to eliminate housing discrimination and assure housing choice in northeast
Ohio by providing those at risk with effective information, intervention
and advocacy. The Housing Center undertakes research, education and outreach
activities, and engages in enforcement and advocacy around fair housing,
fair lending, and predatory lending matters in northeast Ohio. The Housing
Center was founded in 1983 as the Metropolitan Strategy Group and changed
its name in 2003. |
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