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Part of Real Estate Law

Housing & Community Development Law

Tenants' rights, fair housing and affordable housing development.

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What this area covers

Housing lawyers defend tenants facing eviction, enforce fair housing protections and help build and finance affordable housing and neighborhood projects.

Also called: Community Development Law, Community Economic Development, Fair Housing, Housing Law, Landlord-Tenant Law, Tenants' Rights.

Typical legal work

  • Defending tenants in eviction proceedings
  • Enforcing fair housing protections
  • Structuring affordable housing developments

Where lawyers work

  • Legal aid and public-interest organizations
  • Nonprofit and advocacy organizations
  • Federal, state and local government
  • Law firms of every size

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Housing & Community Development Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

30 schools · 32 clinics · 1 center or institute

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.
  2. 2.American Bar Association. Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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