The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law will be holding a webinar entitled Ensuring Fair Housing for People with Criminal Records: A Conversation with HUD on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern.

Millions of Americans—a disproportionate number of whom are people of color—have criminal records that can be a barrier to housing. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued groundbreaking guidance stating that admission denials, evictions, and other adverse housing decisions based on a person’s criminal record may constitute racial discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.

Since its release, advocates, housing providers, and others affected by the guidance have come forward with questions such as: 

• What type of housing actions does the guidance apply to? 
• How can I assess whether a criminal record policy is discriminatory? 

Join the Shriver Center and officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a webinar on October 26th to learn answers to these and other pressing questions. The webinar will feature an overview of the guidance, an interview with a HUD official, and a live Q&A session including questions from attendees. 

This webinar supplements the Shriver Center’s April 2016 webinar, which focused primarily on federally subsidized housing providers. 

Presenters: 

• Tonya Robinson, Acting General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, HUD 
• Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy General Counsel for Enforcement and Fair Housing 
• Casey Weissman-Vermeulen, Trial Attorney, Fair Housing Enforcement Division, Office of General Counsel, HUD 
• Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Staff Attorney, Housing Justice, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law 

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