Disparate Impact Clarification For the most current information regarding the discriminatory effects rules, please click here. Keeping up with Fair Housing laws can be a full time job. Laws are added, changed, and tweaked regularly. Recently, the American Bankers Association (ABA) and state bankers associations in all 50 states responded to HUD’s request for suggestions […]
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The National Apartment Association Education Conference for 2017 is almost upon us. Besides work there is always some playtime. We decided to reach out to some of our local multifamily professionals for their thoughts on some of the best places to see and enjoy while you are visiting our city. Welcome to Atlanta everyone! We
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Apartment maintenance staff may receive reasonable modification requests because of their direct contact with residents. Therefore, it’s important that they are educated on how to respond to such requests.
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See You At The NAA Education Conference In Atlanta The Fair Housing Institute team will be attending the National Apartment Association Education Conference in Atlanta on June 21-24 2017. This is the premier event of the year for the apartment industry and THE BIGGEST event for education and collaboration. The Fair Housing Institute will be exhibiting
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What qualifies as a senior living community? An increasing number of housing developments appear to be marketing themselves as “Active Adult” or “Empty Nester” communities. How can that be? “Adult Only” housing was outlawed in 1988 when President Ronald Reagan signed the Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) into law.
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I Thought You Had A Two Bedroom? Telephone fair housing training is a key component for the compliance department in multifamily. Apartment rental offices receive many telephone calls each day. Questions such as: Are there available apartments? What is your screening criteria? and many others may be asked on any given day. How an employee
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On February 9th 2017, The Fair Housing Institute officially launched its updated online course. This fair housing course is the new option. We very much look forward to working with property management professionals across the country. Please reach out to us if you have any questions at all.
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FHI Online, Inc. Is Now The Fair Housing Institute, Inc. You are here because FHI Online is now The Fair Housing Institute. You have been redirected to our new website where we offer updated modules of nationally renowned fair housing training in English and Spanish as well as all the latest in fair housing news. We are
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So let’s review the seven protected classes. They are as follows. 1. Race 2. Color 3. Religion 4. National Origin 5. Gender 6. Familial Status 7. Disability. Some local governments have already passed legislation that protects LGBT as a class and we can only foresee that more of this will occur through all levels of
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Traditionally over the last few years we have seen and or experienced Fair Housing testers coming to properties to ascertain that our site teams are abiding by Fair Housing laws. Most of the tests have been focused on two particular classes which are race and religion. They are always stepping up their game.
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