COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has come up in Fair Housing conversations with property management companies. Where does Fair Housing apply when dealing with COVID-19 issues and where does it not? In this post, we address the HUD Statement.
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HUD recently came out with a new notice on assistance animals. The topic of emotional support animals and assist animals have many questions surrounding it. Be sure to check out the clip from our YouTube channel episode and review some of the key points of the transcript below in our post.
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Reasonable Accommodation Definition A reasonable accommodation by definition is an adjustment made in a system to accommodate or make fair the same system for an individual based on a proven need. It is one of the many staples within Fair Housing that we all need to be educated about.
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Episode 3 Fair Housing Education Episode 3 of our complimentary Fair Housing educational sessions. In this session, we cover the following key topics. HUD’s has proposed new regulations in an effort to relieve housing providers from their anxiety about disparate impact. Should you be relieved? A two persons per bedroom occupancy policy may not withstand
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Disparate Impact revisions were recently published. How will these revisions have an impact on housing providers? The revisions reflect the Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
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Answering questions is part of the routine in property management. Some questions can lead us into fair housing hot water if we are not careful with our answers.
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The Fair Housing Institute is happy to provide you with this Fair Housing on-demand webinar. The seven protected classes are one thing. Service animals, assistance animals, marijuana, and website accessibility are all micro topics that housing providers are keenly interested in.
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Sexual Harassment Allegations Sexual harassment allegations are a serious matter. The Department of Justice and HUD are working together in a task force to investigate and prosecute cases of sexual harassment in housing. As serious (and expensive) as allegations of sexual harassment are for employers, housing providers have even wider concerns since housing providers need
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The Fair Housing future has a lot in store for us. What is on the Fair Housing horizon? For property management professionals this is an important question. We can never sit on our hands when it comes to Fair Housing compliance. So what have we learned from the previous year and what can we expect
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Dear Fair Housing Insiders: We have an owner who is getting very frustrated with roommate situations in single-family home rentals where there are three roommates qualified together but no one qualifies on their own. So when one of them decides to leave, we end up typically in an eviction/skip situation. So he has asked us
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