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Washington State FAIR HOUSING UPDATE |
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The City of Tacoma's 19th Annual Fair Housing Conference is coming to the new Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center April 21, 2005 Don't miss this annual event! This year's conference is bound to please property managers, real estate agents, real estate investors, mortgage lenders and more. Come and learn about Fair Housing and Real Estate, how to recognize discrimination, how to avoid it and what you can do about it. This class is a must for anyone wishing to purchase real estate or who is involved in real estate transactions. Attendees at this class will receive a guidebook that answers the most common questions and quandaries about fair housing as it applies to residential real estate transactions. What does the Occupancy Code & Familial Status have to do with the Fair Housing Act? Prominent attorney and featured guest speaker, Jesse Wing from MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, will share with participants his wealth of knowledge and expertise on familial status issues including occupany restrictions under the Fair Housing Act. Mr. Wing recently litigated a landmark housing discrimination lawsuit that resulted in a consent decree that required Northgate Village Apartments located in Lakewood, Washington, and its owners to change their policies and pay $925,000 to 18 former tenants and applicants who sued them for discrimination. Mr. Wing will be joined by Daniel McDonough, Senior Building Inspector for the City of Tacoma, who will provide housing providers with the information they need to understand how to apply the building code under the Fair Housing Act. Opening the Doors for Disabled Tenants. How the public views your property and whether you are in compliance with fair housing laws begins at the application stage. Are prospective disabled tenants able to access your property's rental office and complete the application process? Do you have a reasonable accommodation or reasonable modification policy in place? What if a tenant needs a service animal? Get your questions answered and pick up helpful handouts at this informative session conducted by staff from the Fair Housing Center of South Puget Sound. Enjoy a full day of Fair Housing education with these topics and more at the new state of the art Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center! Continuing education clock hours and Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education units will be offered pending approval, and are included in the cost of the conference. Participants will be treated to a wonderful buffet lunch and will each receive a Fair Housing Notebook that will act as a resource for fair housing. If you've never been, you don't know what you're missing! Register today, seating is limited. For more information or to obtain a registration form, call Tacoma Human Rights & Human Services at 253-591-5151. The Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center is located at 1500 Broadway, Tacoma, Washington 98402. For directions, call 253-830-6601 OCR Fair Housing Home Page | Your comments about this Web site Updated: Mar. 25, 2005 King County | DES | OCR | News | Services | Comments | Search Links to external sites do not constitute
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