HUD Latest Guidance on Harassment
On-Demand
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Date
Oct 28, 2022 -
Time
13:00 PM EST -
Duration
60 Min
$199.00
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Summary:
The Fair
Housing Act prohibits harassment, retaliation, and other types of
discrimination in housing because of race, color, religion, sex, disability,
familial status (households with children under age 18, including persons
seeking custody or who are pregnant), or national origin.
Session Highlights:
We will cover all types of harassment and explain what they are and what can be done to prevent them. They are:
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Sexual harassment
· Quid pro quo
· Hostile environment
We will
also discuss what duties do property owners or property managers have to
prevent or stop sexual harassment.
HUD’s
Equal Access Rule prohibits owners with Housing Assistance Payments (HAP)
contracts from making housing unavailable because of an applicant’s or
resident’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or marital
status.
Benefits For Attending:
We will
discuss best practices as far as what property owners and managers should do to
help prevent and address harassment.
A major
concern for property managers and owners is their liability if they do not get
involved in any issues of harassment.
A
property owner or manager may be either directly or vicariously liable for
sexual harassment as well as other issues between tenants. You must now get involved
or you can be held liable for a fair housing violation. This will be discussed
in detail.
We will
also talk about what legal actions can be filed in cases of harassment.
Who Should Attend?
·
Property Owners
· Property managers
· Housing Authorities
· Realtors
· Developers
· Builders
· Compliance Staff
· Leasing Professionals
· Facility Managers
Ask your question directly from our expert during the Q&A session following the live event.
Paul has been involved in the real estate industry for the past 38 years. He has been involved in sales, construction, project management, appraisal, mortgage consulting and brokerage, property management and property management consulting/training.
Through his consulting company, Property Management Solutions, he provides training and consulting services nationwide to owners, management companies, multi-housing associations, as well as state and federal agencies.
He specializes in fair housing issues and has developed fair housing and outreach programs for governmental agencies as well as conducting seminars which are presented to property management companies, apartment associations and the general public. He also conducts research analysis for impediments to fair housing for grantees of federal CDBG funds.
Most recently, he has been a consultant to the City of Sioux Falls and the State of South Dakota. In this assignment he has developed a fair housing awareness program that is one of the first of its kind in the nation. It involves a three-pronged approach to fair housing awareness. This approach makes use of an ombudsman concept and has proven to be very effective in dealing with discrimination and landlord/tenant issues.
For over twenty years was involved in appraisal of residential, multi-family, farm, and commercial properties throughout the Midwest. Most recently, he was a consultant for affordable, multi-housing properties in 22 different states. This involved properties in HUD, Rural Development, HOME, and Tax Credit programs.
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