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.
HUD has come out with a new ruling on harassment. This new information will be discussed in detail.
Why Should You Attend:
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.
Areas Covered in the Session:
We will cover all types of harassment and explain what they are and what can be done to prevent them. They are:
We will also discuss What duties do property owners or property managers have to prevent or stop sexual harassment.
Who Should Attend?
* There will be time allowed for questions at the end of the presentations. (Live Session)
*Not able to attend the live session? Choose an On-Demand option to watch the session later.
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. 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.
