Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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Farmworker Housing in North Carolina
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Farmworker Advocacy Network
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Slideshow of Images Reflecting FAN’s Recommendations
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Locks on Windows and Doors
  • Current Standard: No provision
  • Proposed Standard: Locks mandated
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Refrigerators
  • Current Standard: .75 ft3 /person (27 people/fridge)
  • Proposed Standard: 2 ft3 /person (10 people/fridge)
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Laundry Facilities
  • Current Standard: 1 wash-tub per 30 people with hot and cold water; facilities for drying clothes
  • Proposed Standard: Working washer and dryer per 10 people
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Mattresses
  • Current Standard: No sanitation requirements


  • Proposed Standard: Clean mattresses in good repair, in compliance with sanitation requirements
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Toilets
  • Current Standard: 1 toilet/15 people or 1 urinal/25 men
  • Proposed Standard: 1 toilet/10 people; privacy stalls
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Showers
  • Current Standard: 1 shower per 10 people
  • Proposed Standard: 1 shower per five; privacy stalls
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Visitors
  • Current Standard: No requirement
  • Proposed Standard: Right to have visitors clearly established
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Uninhabitable Housing
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Decent Housing is a Human Right
  • Decent Housing is a
  • Human Right


  • Safe Housing Ensures a Healthy Community for ALL in North Carolina



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For More Information::
  • FAN Contacts:


  • Lori Fernald Khamala (919) 491-0039, lori@nfwm.org;  Melinda Wiggins (919) 660-3616, mwiggins@duke.edu


  • Lobby Contacts:
  • Bill Rowe (919) 856-2177, bill@ncjustice.org ;
  • Bill Wilson (919) 835-2804, bill@ncatl.org;
  • Paula Wolf (919) 835-1525, wolf@deltaforce.net