Finding aid for the Housing Opportunities Made Equal records, 1966-2009


Title:
Housing Opportunities Made Equal records, 1966-2009
Repository:
University of Cincinnati, Archives and Rare Books Library
Phone: 513-556-1959
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/arb.html
Creator:
Housing Opportunities Made Equal (Organization: Cincinnati, Ohio)
Dates:
1966-2009
Quantity:
8.8 linear feet (5 Paige Boxes, 1 Hollinger box, 1 Half Hollinger box, 1 Oversize Newspaper box)
Abstract:
Records of Housing Opportunities Made Equal including board minutes, publications, annual reports, grant paperwork, listings of legal cases, and information HOME gathered on predatory lending in Cincinnati in the 2000s and material relating to HOME legal cases regarding discrimination in advertising.
Identification:
US-10-04
Location:
Archives and Rare Books Library
Language:
The records are in English

History of Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)

Housing Opportunities Made Equal was first organized in 1959 when a few members of Cincinnati's Mayor's Friendly Relations Commission began meeting to explore ways to confront housing discrimination. Calling themselves the Greater Cincinnati Committee for Equal Opportunity in Housing, the early activities of this organization involved assisting black families interesting in purchasing housing in segregated neighborhoods.

In 1964, the organization changed their name to Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati (HOME) and two years later hired their first full-time director Martha Smudski. Also in 1966, the Ohio legislature passed a limited fair housing bill, which Smudski worked to have enforced without success. The Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 gave HOME more ammunition to work with, and a new Executive Director, Marjorie Jordan, updated HOME's programs to take advantage of the new law. More progress was made in 1969, when the Ohio Legislature passed a stricter fair housing law and HOME was able to help black families move into previously restricted areas like Mt. Adams, Westwood, Price Hill, St. Bernard, Forest Park and Clifton. In 1973, HOME won another victory with Brown v. Federle, when the U.S. District Court found that the 18 Greater Cincinnati real estate agents were steering whites away from integrated areas and pushing blacks towards them.

In 1976, Karla Irvine became director of HOME. Through the late 1970s, HOME continued to expand their programs including hiring a staff person to examine government programs for their impact on fair housing and contracting with the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission to provide a fair housing program. HOME also hired an educational outreach staff person, increased its advertising, and produced a slide show for community organizations.

The 1980s saw more success stemming from lawsuits. The settlement of Hutchins v. Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority helped to expand the amount of Section 8 housing in areas of Hamilton County with a low concentration of poverty and low minority populations. In 1985, HOME filed suit against Sibcy Cline Realtors for racial steering practices. The settlement resulted in better training of Sibcy Cline realtors in fair housing. Another suit against the Bulter County Metropolitan Housing Authority helped 150 blacks move to a previously segregated area of Hamilton.

In the 1990s, HOME confronted insurance redlining resulting in a suit against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. HOME accused the insurance company of making policies unavailable to homeowners in predominately African American communities. HOME also worked with local and national law enforcement to reduce racial harassment during the 1990s.

In 2000, funding from federal, state, and local grants allowed HOME to reach out to Cincinnati's growing Hispanic community and produce Spanish educational materials and hire bilingual staff. In 2004, Elizabeth Brown replaced Karla Irvine as Executive Director, and in the mid-2000s, HOME took on predatory lending practices and began to focus on discrimination against people with disabilities as part of a 5-year grant from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council.

Scope and Content

Records of Housing Opportunities Made Equal including board minutes, publications, annual reports, grant paperwork, listings of legal cases, information HOME gathered on predatory lending in Cincinnati in the 2000s and material relating to HOME legal cases regarding discrimination in advertising. Also included in the collection are photographs, slides, and cassette and video tapes of HOME advertisements.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged into folders by topic.

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.

Subjects:

African Americans in advertising
Discrimination in housing - Ohio - Cincinnati
Discrimination in mortgage loans

Preferred Citation

The preferred citation for this collection is: Cite specific item as appropriate, Housing Opportunities Made Equal Records, 1966-2009, US-10-04, Archives and Rare Books Library, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Various Records, 1966-2009

Box 1 / Folder 1
HOME Scripts to Radio Commercials and Slide Show Presentations, 1981-1984




Box 1 / Folder 2
Photographs - Fair Housing Day (1978-1979; 1985); HOME Bus Ad (1979- ?), 1978-1985




Box 1 / Folder 3
FHIP Contract, PEI, 2004




Box 1 / Folder 4
FHIP FH400G04096, EDI (Includes Floppy Disk), 2005




Box 1 / Folder 5
FHIP PEI Contract, FH700G05099, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 6
Hamilton County Correspondence, March 1, 2005 - February 26, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 7
Hamilton County Proposal, March 1, 2005 - February 26, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 8
Hamilton County Invoices, March 1, 2005 - February 26, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 9
Friars Club, Corryville Contract, 2005




Box 1 / Folder 10
Department of Justice (includes Floppy Disk), 2006




Box 1 / Folder 11
Department of Justice, 2007




Box 1 / Folder 12
Huntington Bank Proposal, 2007




Box 1 / Folder 13
Hamilton County Contract [empty], March 1, 2005 - February 26, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 14
United Way Greater Cincinnati (UWGC) Foreclosure, 2007




Box 1 / Folder 15
HOME Agency Program Report, February 17, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 16
UWGC 379 Affordable Housing, 2007




Box 1 / Folder 17
United Way, 2006-2007




Box 1 / Folder 18
SYEP, 2008




Box 1 / Folder 19
Stability Program, 2005




Box 1 / Folder 20
Volunteers, 2003-2005




Box 1 / Folder 21
State Farm Insurance, 2001




Box 1 / Folder 22
Thiemann Agreement, April 2004




Box 1 / Folder 23
Ted Wills - Predatory Lending Legal Agreement, February 26, 2004




Box 1 / Folder 24
W.C. Proctor Fund - Episcopal Diocese of S. Ohio, 2005




Box 1 / Folder 25
Senior Employment Services, 2007




Box 1 / Folder 26
Mature Services, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 27
Middletown (includes floppy disk), 2005




Box 1 / Folder 28
Mutual of America, 2005-2009




Box 1 / Folder 29
NFHA Database, 2006-2008




Box 1 / Folder 30
NFHA Conference, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 31
New Voice Proposal, 2005




Box 1 / Folder 32
OCRC Agreement, 2005




Box 1 / Folder 33
Ohio Foreclosure Project, 2007




Box 1 / Folder 34
Payroll Partners, 2006




Box 1 / Folder 35
Public Allies, 2005-2006




Box 1 / Folder 36
Reports for United Way: "Mid-Year Report, July 21, 2008"; "Affordable Housing in First Suburbs, Predatory Lending and Foreclosure Prevention, February 14, 2008", 2008




Box 1 / Folder 37
Informational Publications: Fair Housing and Hate Crimes, undated




Box 1 / Folder 38
Publications: "Bias Crimes and their Effect on Housing Choices" and "Unfair by Any Name", 1997-1999




Box 1 / Folder 39
Program Outcome Reports, 1966-1998




Box 1 / Folder 40
Publications: "Code Requirements for Housing Accessibility" (2000); "$215,000 and Counting: A Summary of Housing" (2005), 2000




Box 1 / Folder 41
Housing inspection Manual - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1985





Various Records: Discrimination in Advertising, FHIP Grant, Predatory Lending, Committees, Annual Meeting, 1987-2006

Box 2 / Folder 1
Real Estate Marketing - Discrimination in Advertising, 1987-1991




Box 2 / Folder 2
White Model Use (Advertising), 1987-1989




Box 2 / Folder 3
FHIP Grant, On-site Review, Section A-B, August 2006




Box 2 / Folder 4
FHIP Grant, On-site Review, Section C, August 2006




Box 2 / Folder 5
FHIP Grant, On-site Review, Section D-E, August 2006




Box 2 / Folder 6
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 1, (Intro., 30 days, 90 days), April 16, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 7
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 1, (180 days, 290 days), April 16, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 8
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 1, (365 days, Final Report Draft, Budget & Personnel Benefit, Admin.), April 16, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 9
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, 30 days report, February 16, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 10
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 2, July 15, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 11
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 1, April 16, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 12
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 4, January 16, 2007




Box 2 / Folder 13
FHIP Grant, FH700G05099, Quarterly Report, No. 3, October 15, 2006




Box 2 / Folder 14
FHIP Final Report, FH700G05099 (January 24, 2007); FHIP Draft Final Report FH700G05099 (December 15, 2006), 2006-2007




Box 2 / Folder 15
Lincoln Heights (FHIP, Predatory Lending), 2005




Box 2 / Folder 16
Avondale (FHIP), 2005




Box 2 / Folder 17
South Fairmont (FHIP), 2005




Box 2 / Folder 18
Personnel Committee, 1980-1994




Box 2 / Folder 19
HOME New Board Member Orientation, undated




Box 2 / Folder 20
HOME New Board Orientation, June 19, 1999




Box 2 / Folder 21
Orientation Committee, 1981-1986




Box 2 / Folder 22
Board Member Directory, 2000-2005




Box 2 / Folder 23
Nominating Committee, 1988-1998




Box 2 / Folder 24
Membership Committee, 1981-2001




Box 2 / Folder 25
Tax Information, 1997-1999




Box 2 / Folder 26
Board Orientation, 1998




Box 2 / Folder 27
Ad Hoc Committee - Committee to Represent HOME in Chest Evaluation Process, 1983-1996




Box 2 / Folder 28
Annual Meeting Awards Committee, 1995-1999




Box 2 / Folder 29
Annual Meeting Committee, 1996




Box 2 / Folder 30
Committee on Contracts [empty], undated




Box 2 / Folder 31
Endowment Task Force, 1997-1998




Box 2 / Folder 32
Financial Stability Committee, 1983




Box 2 / Folder 33
Investment Committee, 2000-2001





Various Records: Committee, HOME Board, Membership Campaign, HOME History, 1967-2008

Box 3 / Folder 1
Finance Committee, 1980-2002




Box 3 / Folder 2
Ad Hoc Committee, Long Term Financial Stability, 1983




Box 3 / Folder 3
Long Range Planning Committee (includes floppy disk), 1997




Box 3 / Folder 4
POC Survey, October 2001




Box 3 / Folder 5
HALF Board [empty], 1983




Box 3 / Folder 6
Pension Committee, 1992-2000




Box 3 / Folder 7
Retreat Committee, 1996




Box 3 / Folder 8
Home Board Committee Descriptions, 1999; Book Chapter, "The Board, the Executive, and the Staff" from Governing Boards: Their Nature and Nurture, 1989, 1989-1999




Box 3 / Folder 9
Board - Holiday Gathering (Includes Floppy Disk), December 2004




Box 3 / Folder 10
Membership Campaign (includes Floppy Disk), 2004




Box 3 / Folder 11
Board / Holiday Meeting (includes Floppy Disk), December 12, 2002




Box 3 / Folder 12
Membership Campaign (includes Floppy Disk), 2005




Box 3 / Folder 13
Membership Campaign (includes Floppy Disks), 2003




Box 3 / Folder 14
Board - Membership Campaign (includes Floppy Disks), 2005




Box 3 / Folder 15
Board - Membership Campaign, 2006




Box 3 / Folder 16
Board - Membership Campaign, 2007




Box 3 / Folder 17
Membership Campaign, 2008




Box 3 / Folder 18
Board - 40th Anniversary Committee, 2008




Box 3 / Folder 19
Bransford [Board Member Information], March 1999




Box 3 / Folder 20
Agency History, 1966-1998




Box 3 / Folder 21
Agency History, 1982-1990




Box 3 / Folder 22
Historical, 1982-1990




Box 3 / Folder 23
The Federal Fair Housing Enforcement Effort, 1979




Box 3 / Folder 24
By-Laws, 1995-1997




Box 3 / Folder 25
Affirmative Action, 1979-1984




Box 3 / Folder 26
HOME News, 1967-1997




Box 3 / Folder 27
Hate Crimes Workshop, 1997




Box 3 / Folder 28
Executive Search Committee, 2004




Box 3 / Folder 29
Board - Executive Director Search, June 2004




Box 3 / Folder 30
Board - Strategic Planning Meeting, 2000-2005




Box 3 / Folder 31
Board - Financial Committee, 2006




Box 3 / Folder 32
Board - Remodeling, 2006




Box 3 / Folder 33
Board - Retreat, 2007




Box 3 / Folder 34
Relocation, 2008




Box 3 / Folder 35
Board - 40th Event - Radio Golf, 2008




Box 3 / Folder 36
Board - Annual Meeting, 2008




Box 3 / Folder 37
Annual Reports, 1989-1997




Box 3 / Folder 38
Annual Reports, 1997-2004




Box 3 / Folder 39
Annual Reports, 2005-2007




Box 3 / Folder 40
Board Members, 2005-2009




Box 3 / Folder 41
Board Relocation, 2003-2004





Various Records: Annual Meeting, Better Business Bureau, Cincinnati (City) Contract, Board Minutes, 2000-2006

Box 4 / Folder 1
Annual Meeting, 2008




Box 4 / Folder 2
Board - Annual Meeting, 2007




Box 4 / Folder 3
Annual Meeting, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 4
Board - Annual Meeting, 2005




Box 4 / Folder 5
Annual Meeting, 2004




Box 4 / Folder 6
Annual Meeting, 2002




Box 4 / Folder 7
Better Housing League, 2005




Box 4 / Folder 8
BBB [Better Business Bureau], 2008




Box 4 / Folder 9
Better Business Bureau, 2005




Box 4 / Folder 10
Butler County Contract, 2005-2006




Box 4 / Folder 11
Better Business Bureau, 2002-2007




Box 4 / Folder 12
Dragul Fundraising Proposal, 2007




Box 4 / Folder 13
Digital Recorders, Ultra Warranty, 2007




Box 4 / Folder 14
Cincinnati Bell, 2005




Box 4 / Folder 15
Cincinnati / Hamilton County Summer Intern, June 2007




Box 4 / Folder 16
Cincinnati (City) Contract, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 17
Cincinnati (City) Correspondence, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 18
Cincinnati (City) Correspondence, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 19
Cincinnati (Mobility) Contract, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 20
Cincinnati (Mobility) Invoices, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 21
Cincinnati (Mobility) Correspondence, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 22
Cincinnati (Mobility) Proposal (includes floppy disk), 2006




Box 4 / Folder 23
Cincinnati (City) Proposal, 2006




Box 4 / Folder 24
HOME Board Minutes, 2000




Box 4 / Folder 25
HOME Board Minutes, 2000




Box 4 / Folder 26
HOME Board Minutes, 2000





HOME Board Minutes and Reports, 2001-2006

Box 5 / Folder 1
HOME Board Minutes, 2001




Box 5 / Folder 2
HOME Board Minutes, 2001




Box 5 / Folder 3
HOME Board Minutes, 2001




Box 5 / Folder 4
HOME Board Minutes, 2002




Box 5 / Folder 5
HOME Board Minutes, 2002




Box 5 / Folder 6
HOME Board Minutes, 2002




Box 5 / Folder 7
HOME Board Reports, 2003




Box 5 / Folder 8
HOME Board Reports, 2003




Box 5 / Folder 9
HOME Board Reports, 2003




Box 5 / Folder 10
HOME Board Reports, 2004




Box 5 / Folder 11
HOME Board Reports, 2004




Box 5 / Folder 12
HOME Board Reports, 2004




Box 5 / Folder 13
HOME Board Reports, 2005




Box 5 / Folder 14
HOME Board Reports, 2005




Box 5 / Folder 15
HOME Board Reports, 2005




Box 5 / Folder 16
HOME Board Reports, 2006




Box 6 / Folder 1
HOME Board Reports, 2006




Box 6 / Folder 2
HOME Board Reports, 2007




Box 6 / Folder 3
HOME Board Reports, 2007





Multimedia, 1976-2000

Box 7 / Folder 1
Miscellaneous Items, 2000




Box 7 / Piece 1
VHS Tape - WCPO 9, undated




Box 7 / Piece 2
VHS Tape - WCPO 9, undated




Box 7 / Piece 3
HOME (Reel to Reel), undated




Box 7 / Piece 4
Dub # 86 HOME - WGIC - WBZi - Week of 8/28 - 9/1 (Reel to Reel), undated




Box 7 / Piece 5
HOME - Radio Commercial (Reel to Reel), 1976




Box 7 / Piece 6
HOME - 2 HOME Commercials (Reel to Reel), undated




Box 7 / Piece 7
HOME Radio Jingle (Reel to Reel), 1980




Box 7 / Piece 8
Fair Housing Law & Practice in Real Estate I, WCLV 95.5 Cleveland (Cassette Tape), 1981




Box 7 / Piece 9
Bob Laufman's Session, Afternoon (Cassette Tape), September 15, 1982




Box 7 / Piece 10
Bob Laufman's Session Continued, Rental condos, Obstacles to Testing, Cassette Tape, September 15, 1982




Box 7 / Piece 11
Bob Laufman's Session concluded (Cassette Tape), September 15, 1982




Box 7 / Piece 12
HOME Spots, Housing Opportunities PSA's (Cassette Tape), February 23, 2005




Box 7 / Piece 13
HOME Radio Commercials (Cassette Tape), undated




Box 7 / Piece 14
Fair Housing Law & Practices in Real Estate, Inaudible Pulse, The Cuyahoga Plan or Ohio, Inc. (Cassette Tape), undated




Box 7 / Piece 15
Sound Track to Secon 8 Slide Show (Cassette Tape), 1981




Box 7 / Piece 16
Slides - Public Service Announcements, 1981





Oversize, 1985-2004

Box 8 / Folder 1
Newspaper Clippings, 1993-2003, 1993-2003




Box 8 / Folder 2
Newspapers Clippings, 1999-2001




Box 8 / Folder 3
Newspaper Clippings, 2000




Box 8 / Piece 1-33
HOME Legal Case Boards, 1985-2004