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Criminal History and Occupancy Policy – The Impact of Disparate Impact

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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HUD’s Proposed Disparate Impact Revisions and Housing Providers

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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Fair Housing and Answering Questions – Be Compliant

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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On-demand Webinar Fair Housing and the Future - What's in store for 2019

Episode 1 – Fair Housing and the Future

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 Claims – Best Practices For Compliance

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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Fair Housing and the Future

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 – Roommates In Single-Family

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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Dear Fair Housing Insiders Special Needs Resident

Dear Fair Housing Insiders – Resident With Special Needs

Dear Fair Housing Insiders: We have a resident who is special needs. He comes into our office daily and spends all day on the computer and in our community center. That would not be an issue except he will stand around and stare at prospects, makes messes, and harrases my staff. We have had a

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Does This Resident Pose A Direct Threat?

Can some extreme actions by a resident be deemed a “direct threat,” thereby exempting property management from being required to make reasonable accommodation to the resident?

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