HUD Fair Housing Essentials: Recent Updates, Reasonable Accommodation, Violations and More

The Plan describes initial advertising, outreach (community contacts) and other marketing activities which inform potential buyers and renters of the existence of the units.  No applications for applicable HUD-assisted programs may be funded without an approved AFMH Plan.

Who should create an Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan? – Federal Housing Programs All applicants for subsidized and unsubsidized multifamily projects, mobile home parks and single-family subdivisions of five or more units, spaces or lots which are funded or insured under certain HUD programs are subject to program requirements which carry an obligation to create an AFHM Plan.  Applicants may include Public Housing Authorities, non-profit developers or housing providers, and other HUD program participants. 

Learning objectives:

• Creating an Affirmative Fair Housing Market Plan
• Targeting
• Outreach
• Indicators
• Staff Training
• How long does the AFMH Plan last and how often does it need to be updated?
• Common AFHM Plan Mistakes
• And much more.

HUD published a final rule amending its fair housing regulations in order to protect individuals who experience harassment in housing. The courts and HUD have long considered harassment based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, and disability (the “protected classes”) to be prohibited under the Fair Housing Act.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has also issued “Limited English Proficiency” (LEP) guidance that addresses how the Fair Housing Act would apply to claims of housing discrimination brought by people because they do not speak, read, or write English proficiently.

Both rules directly affect fair housing requirements for owner and management agents. In this webinar, they will be explained in detail and guidance will be given in how these updates should be implemented in today’s fair housing environment considering disparate impact rulings from HUD.

Learning Objectives:

• How does this affect landlord liability?
• When are rules effective?
• Do I have to change policies?
• What do I need to provide?
• And more.

"You will learn about many of the needs for reasonable accommodations. One of the primary requests are for assistance animals. We will discuss what the requirements are, what animals are allowed and how a landlord is to verify the need for such animals."

This program will provide answers to these important questions:

• Definition of reasonable accommodation
• Definition of disability
• When an accommodation is needed
• Deference between an accommodation and modification
• Understanding of companion animal/ service animal issues
• Understanding what is “reasonable”

You will be able to:

• Understand fair housing issues and how they impact your property
• Understand the need for accommodations
• Understand the fair housing laws about accommodations
• Know timeframe for requesting and granting of accommodations
• What properties fall under fair housing/ accommodation laws

"The goal of this seminar is to keep maintenance staff in compliance with HUD laws on fair housing." Paul Flogstad

Over 60 percent of fair housing complaints to HUD come from some sort of a maintenance issue. Maintenance staff have the most interaction with tenants and thereby have the most potential for a fair housing violation.

Learning Objectives:

• What is fair housing?
• What are the protected classes?
• What are the costs of a fair housing violation?
• How often is training needed?
• ADA and Fair Housing
• Enforcement of Fair Housing
• Complaint Process
• Cost of Violations
• Examples of Discrimination
• Housing for Older Persons Act
• Discriminatory Housing Practices
• Recent Cases
• And more!!!

HUD recommends that every one in property management/ multifamily housing  attend a fair housing class at least on a yearly basis.  This course will satisfy that requirement. This course will cover all facets of fair housing. HUD has issues new guidance in many areas and this webinar will contain all updates from HUD.

In this program, you’ll learn how to:

• Protected classes (Federal and Local)
• Disability
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Applications
• Screening
• Advertising
• Limited English proficiency
• Service and assistive animals
• Maintenance
• Criminal Background Checks
• Accessibility
• Social media
• Marketing
• New rules on harassment
• How to file a complaint