Communities Resist ("CoRe") seeks an experienced housing attorney to join a team combatting gentrification, displacement, social disenfranchisement, and structural injustice through affirmative litigation before housing, state, and federal courts as well as administrative agencies.
CoRe is a legal services organization for housing and community justice steeped in the 50-year tradition of community lawyering in North and East Brooklyn. We have spent years working together with neighborhood organizations and organizers in representing hundreds of tenants and tenant associations toward enforcing their right to social citizenship by struggling, resisting, and enduring against any attempts to deny working communities, largely of color, their agency.
The primary job responsibilities of the Director of Fair Housing are as follows:
Fair Housing Director
The Director of Fair Housing is the person primarily responsible for the development, expansion and supervision of fair housing work under relevant federal, state and city statutes and regulations, with a focus upon CoRe’s priority neighborhoods. Director of Fair Housing responsibilities include:
Supervising Attorney
Applicants must have the following qualifications:
· Admission to the bar of the State of New York or eligible for admission.
· A minimum of five years of experience litigating fair housing cases in state, federal and local courts, or other substantially similar experience.
· Experience supervising housing law practice.
· Cultural competence demonstrated through present or past residence in, or employment at organizations serving, our clients’ communities.
· Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds and local organizations.
· Experience working with low-income tenant groups, community organizations and/or coalitions.
· Excellent legal writing, litigation and advocacy skills.
· Excellent interpersonal skills.
· Effective communication skills, including the ability to work with people in desperate crisis.
· Ability to work independently with strong motivation, to supervise a high case load, track case data, and to meet deadlines.
· Computer proficiency sufficient to independently review and generate materials relevant to the position as well as track client information in our database, prepare reports for grantors, attend meetings, and perform tasks related to the work such as timekeeping and case notes.
· Willingness, desire, and ability to attend evening meetings and events.
· Foreign language ability is a major plus.
· Demonstrated ability to publish articles effectively advocating on behalf of clients.
CoRe is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, religion/creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status or marital status. Salary will be commensurate experience and comparable with other similar legal services agencies; excellent health and other benefits.
This is a hybrid position requiring three days in the office. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Communities Resist ("CoRe") seeks an experienced housing attorney to join a team combatting gentrification, displacement, social disenfranchisement, and structural injustice through affirmative litigation before housing, state, and…
Salary will be commensurate experience and comparable with other similar legal services agencies; excellent health and other benefits.
Salary will be commensurate experience and comparable with other similar legal services agencies; excellent health and other benefits.
Foreign language ability is a major plus.
Foreign language ability is a major plus.
To apply, forward a cover letter with your resume to:
Angela Piguave, Chief Financial and Operating Officer
Communities Resist Inc.
E-mail: apiguave@communitiesresist.org
Please put ‘Director of Fair Housing’ in the subject line.
To apply, forward a cover letter with your resume to:
Angela Piguave, Chief Financial and Operating Officer
Communities Resist Inc.
E-mail: apiguave@communitiesresist.org
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