Understanding fair housing laws is important to any property owner, manager, realtor or industry professional. Fair housing laws are sometimes confusing and violations do occur. We will go over the incidents that typically occur and develop the strategies which will prevent them happening to you.

We will cover the basic protected classes and cover topics such as reasonable accommodation, assistive animals, rights of disabled and how complaints are filed and what are the enforcement actions. We will review actual cases and see how they could have been prevented.

Learning Objectives:

• What is Fair Housing?
• Recent updates and developments to the Fair Housing Law
• Practices of Unfair Housing
• Disability and Fair Housing
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) and Fair Housing
• Exemptions to the Fair Housing Laws
• Where to Turn for Fair Housing Violations
• Case Studies

This will be a “real world” course with many examples to help you learn what to do and not to do to stay out of trouble.

Who will Benefit:

• Property managers
• Property Owners
• Housing Authority Staff
• Compliance Staff
• Realtors
• Developers