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HUD officials discuss Fair Housing Rights

A full house listens to Melody Taylor Blancher, Mid-Atlantic regional director of Housing and Urban Development, speak about the Fair Housing Act and opportunities for the underserved communities in Sussex County. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, lease or rental and any aspect of a credit application because of one or more of the following protected classes; race or color; national origin; religion; sex; familial status including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18; and handicap, creed, marital status, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Steven Billups
October 15, 2014
After the presentation, (l-r) Fay Blake, director Pathways to Success; Jane Hovington, president Lower Sussex County NAACP; and Pris Turogn, director of Pathways to Success pause for a photo. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Speakers at the event were (l-r) Nadab Bynum, director Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD; the Rev. William Waters, Redeeming Love Worship Center; Prentice Perry, Pinetown Civic Association president; Melody Taylor-Blanchard, Mid-Atlantic Regional director; and the Rev. William Duffield, Zoar and Curtis United Methodist Churches. BY STEVEN BILLUPS

On Sept. 25, Pathways to Success Inc. and the Rev. Timothy Duffield, of Zoar United Methodist Church, hosted a gathering at the Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company with the goal of the evening being to share a collective vision for Sussex County focused on community revitalization and fair housing rights for everyone.

Speakers included Romona Fullman, director, State of Delaware Division of Human Relations; Melody Taylor Blancher, Mid-Atlantic Regional director of housing and urban development; Jane Hovington, NAACP Sussex County director; the Rev. Timothy Duffield, pastor of Zoar United Methodist Church and Curtis United Methodist Churches; Nadab Bynum, director for Housing and Urban Development Office and Community Planning and Development; Prentice Perry, Pine Town Civic Association president and representatives from Pathways to Success.

The event provide an opportunity to educate, inform and empower residents living in underserved communities in Sussex County to understand what the Fair Housing Act is, who the Fair Housing Act covers, what Fair Housing Rights are, who enforces Fair Housing Rights and how to martial resources to revitalize their communities.


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