TL;DR Fair Housing advertising guidelines are a must when developing your marketing and advertising content. Fair Housing issues and violations are more common than you may think. HUD provides advertising guidelines for compliance which this article covers. In case you’re asking yourself why you should read this particular article, the fact is that if you
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Fair Housing policies and procedures are absolutely essential no matter how many employees or units your property management company oversees. In this episode of The Fair Housing Insiders, we covered the following topics:
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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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TL;DR HUD recently came out with a new notice on assistance animals*. The topic of emotional support animals and assistance animals has 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. What is the
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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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TL;DR Please review the most current understanding of Disparate Impact here. When was the last time you reviewed your property’s criminal history screening and occupancy policies? While these policies may seem straightforward, they could expose housing providers to fair housing complaints, even when discrimination was never the intention. This is where disparate impact comes into
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Please review the most current understanding of Disparate Impact here. 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. Disparate Impact Revisions Proposed by HUD You can review
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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. Answering Questions – Your Communication Options In a previous post, we discussed how to answer questions on the telephone. That is by no means the only form
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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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