Fair Housing: Who Is Protected & What You Need to Know

  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Pacific Time (US & Canada)
  • By: Los Angeles County Law Library, Housing Rights Center
  • Los Angeles County Law Library
Topics:
  • Seminar
  • Training (non-CLE)
  • Housing

Tenants, landlords and advocates learn how the law prohibits denying housing to a person because of membership in a protected class.

Whether you are a tenant, landlord, or advocate, learn about how the law prohibits the denial of housing to a person because of his or her membership in one or more protected classes. The protected classes include race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability. This class will teach you how to recognize and report discrimination in housing because of race, national origin, immigration status, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status, disability, and other protected classes. Fair Housing is your right, use it!

Class covers:
• Federal and State Protected Classes
• How to recognize and report Fair Housing violations
• Prohibited practices in rental housing
• Disparate impact: What does it mean?
• The latest on Fair Housing trends

Presented by:
Chancela Al-Mansour, Executive Director, Housing Rights Center (http://www.hrc-la.org/default.asp?id=6)

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.