HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge issued a letter to affordable housing providers that established the Biden Administration’s stand on second chances for formerly incarcerated persons and the importance of stable housing in their reentry into our communities. “No person should exit a prison or jail only to wind up on the streets.”

This new guidance will be explored from many different viewpoints.

HUD established these new guidelines to help reduce the recidivism of the formerly incarcerated. They need to find a job and also find housing and with blanket prohibitions on past felonies, it was impossible to find safe and sanitary housing.

This is a “hot topic” and there are many questions on how to correctly implement the guidance from HUD. HUD has a new Secretary, and she is promoting more changes at HUD. The concentration at this time is how can people released from prisons and jails find adequate housing for themselves and their families. This is the focus of this new guidance.

Why should you attend :

FHEO implemented the previously issued Guidance on Applying the Fair Housing Act to Use of Criminal Records by Housing Providers. Since then FHEO has provided training on Strategies for Addressing Discrimination: Housing Providers Use of Criminal Records to Fair Housing advocacy groups who investigate, test, and bring charges against housing providers.  Find out how these initiatives will impact the way you do business. This course is applicable to all properties subject to the Fair Housing Act.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• This new ruling emphasizes the use of an individualized assessment to see if former felons can be given at a particular property.
• There can be no blanket probationary any longer when setting selection criteria.
• Assess whether your criminal screening practices violate the Fair Housing Act
• Understand the relationship between criminal records and disabilities
• Learn how to apply reasonable accommodations policies to criminal screening policies
• Learn FHEO's recommended best practices when you choose to use criminal records to screen applicants
• Understand how local Nuisance Ordinances and Crime-Free programs may violate the Fair Housing Act
• "One Strike" Policies.
• Level of Criminal Record vs Credit Score
• Landlords need to know how to implement guidance and remain in compliance with the Fair Housing Act.
• It is prescribed you utilize an authentic 3rd party screening company that will comply with FHA and FCRA benchmarks.

Who should join:

• Property Managers
• Property Owners
• Leasing Agents
• Builders
• Developers
• Realtors
• Housing Authorities

* 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.