Housing discrimination comes in many forms - some that New Yorkers might not know about. On this episode of Renewing New York, host Lauren Stanforth sits down with Nadya Salcedo, Director of HCR’s Fair and Equitable Housing Office (FEHO), and Jennai Gaskin, FEHO Deputy Director, to break down what fair housing protections cover in New York State — from the well-known categories like race and disability to lesser-known ones like lawful source of income, immigration status, and domestic violence survivor status.

They dig into tactics like “ghosting” and “frosting,” steering, discriminatory ads, and mortgage discrimination — plus what HCR’s office does behind the scenes: reviewing fair housing marketing plans, funding local testing organizations, and pushing accessibility standards beyond the legal minimum on every project the agency finance ...