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Massachusetts Fair Housing Center

The Massachusetts Fair Housing Center (also known as the Housing Discrimination Project, Inc.) is the oldest fair housing center in Massachusetts. MFHC serves Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester Counties, as well as Lawrence and Lowell. MFHC provides free legal services and accepts housing discrimination complaints based on race, national origin, color, ancestry, religion, sex, disability, presence of minor children, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, receipt of public assistance, including Section 8 housing assistance, receipt of housing subsidies or rental assistance, and genetic information.

Listing up-to-date as of September 2023.

  • County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester
  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Housing
  • Populations Served: Communities of Color, Immigrants, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Persons with Disabilities, Women, persons in protected classes
  • Opportunities For: Law Students
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
  • Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: No
  • CLE credit for pro bono: No
  • Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
  • Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
  • Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Prepare legal education materials
  • Other Project Types: fair housing tester, community outreach
  • Long Distance Opportunities: Conduct Research, Draft or Translate Legal Documents, Form/document review
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
  • Other Opportunities: undergraduates
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