IMPORTANT FAIR HOUSING UPDATE: Understand YOUR Rights and Avoid Making Costly Mistakes
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Are YOU up to date on the latest Fair Housing Regulations? – Get up to speed on Fair Housing rules with our Expert, Angel Rogers. Get the Answers YOU Need to Your Discrimination and Property Management Questions from the Multifamily Industry’s Leading Property Management Professional!
WEBINAR DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE:
- How to avoid falling into a “trap.” What testers do and what they look for.
- The basics of three federal fair housing laws (Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act)
- The seven protected classes, what discrimination is and ways to avoid discriminating
- Enforcement mechanisms and remedies, who can file a lawsuit, who can be sued, what damages may be awarded, and statute of limitations
- Best practices for interacting with potential tenants to ensure fair housing laws are followed
- Accessibility requirements, Reasonable Accommodation and Reasonable Modification.
- The Pets versus Assistance Animals debate.
- What constitutes harassment in housing and how to avoid making simple mistakes.
GUEST SPEAKER: Angel Rogers, Property Management Training and Education Expert, STAR Training
Angel Rogers has held many positions in the industry with an emphasis on education and training. Angel brings her solid reputation as a fun, motivational, and “from the heart” instructor to her training and consulting business, Specialized Training by Angel Rogers (STAR Training). She is also a featured speaker for the National Apartment Association.
Angel has been in property management for as long as she can remember. She was screening applications and cleaning her parent’s rentals for years before she thought this would be her career. She worked her way up from “Rental Hostess” to Regional Manager in less than 6 years and has never looked back! Angel brought her extensive experience to National CORE in 1996 as a Property Manager and then Training and Education Manager where she developed training programs with an emphasis on fair housing, operations, customer care, and affordability compliance. In 2009 she launched her own training and consulting company, STAR(Specialized Training by Angel Rogers), where she continued to lead the training efforts at National CORE, as well as teaching for numerous Apartment Associations, private clients throughout the country, and classes at Chaffey College. Angel was invited to return to National CORE in 2020 as their Chief Learning Officer.
