Introduction - Fair Housing -- How Are We Doing?

• Statistics Regarding Segregation
• Statistics Regarding Fair Housing Complaints

1.  Key Federal Civil Rights Laws Pertaining to Fair Housing

• General Provisions
• Principles for Addressing Overlapping Federal, State, and Local Requirements
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Age Discrimination Act of 1975
• Title VI, Subtitle D of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
• Civil Rights Related Program Requirements

2.  Fair Housing Requirements under the Fair Housing Act

• Unlawful Refusal to Rent or Negotiate for Rent
• Steering
• Discrimination in the Representation of Available Dwellings
• Discrimination in Terms, Conditions, Privileges, Services, and Facilities
• Discrimination in Marketing, Statements, and Notices
• Retaliatory Occupancy Practices, Coercion, Intimidation, and Interference
• Obligation to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing

3.  Fair Housing Requirements Relating to Persons with Disabilities

• Overview of Key Regulations
• Definition of Persons with Disabilities
• Overview of Key Requirements
• Communications with Persons with Disabilities
• Determining Eligibility of Applicants for Admission and Assistance
• Owners' Requirements for Providing Physical Accessibility
• Tenant Modifications to a Unit
• Limitations on Owners' Obligations to Make Their Housing Physically Accessible to Persons with Disabilities
• Reasonable Accommodations
• The Scope of Reasonable Accommodations
• Limits on Obligations to Provide Reasonable Accommodations
• Assistance Animals as a Reasonable Accommodation

4. Making Your Property Fair Housing Friendly

• Understand the Penalties for Non-compliance
• Avoid the Common Fair Housing Mistakes
• Be Consistent
• Invest in Ongoing Fair Housing Training
• Language Efficiency Program
• VAWA (Violence Against Women's Act)

Questions and Discussion

October 19, 2009
10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

November 11, 2009
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

December 11, 2009
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

$150 / Person