Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California

TALLER DE CERTIFICACIÓN PARA COMPRAR VIVIENDA: 1/22 y 1/23, 2025

12/13/2024

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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON DISABILITY LAW FOR TENANTS: 11/6/2024

10/11/2024

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Virtual Workshop on Disability Law for Tenants

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
12:00 to 1:00 pm PDT
via Zoom

Hosted by:
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California (FHANC)
In collaboration with:
Disability Services and Legal Center (DSLC), Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL) and Independent Living Resources of Solano & Contra Costa (ILRSCC)

Our panel of experts will discuss disability law related to Fair Housing, the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Topics to be covered include:

Reasonable accommodations and modifications
Service and emotional support animals
Public accommodations

REGISTER HERE

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PRE-PURCHASE CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP ONLINE SERIES: 10/23 and 10/24, 2024 (ENGLISH)

9/26/2024

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Pre-purchase Certification Workshop
Online Series via Zoom

Wednesday and Thursday
October 23 and 24, 2024
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm each night

Presented by:
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California
In collaboration with Marin Housing and other agencies in the Bay Area offering affordable housing and resources for homebuyers

Topics to be covered include:
-The homebuying process and steps to homeownership
-Housing affordability
-Financial and credit management
-The lending process and fair lending
-Federal, state, and local programs and resources for first-time homebuyers (including Below Market Rate homeownership opportunities and downpayment assistance)

HUD Certification:
-This workshop offers the certificate needed to apply for Below Market Rate (BMR) homeownership opportunities and for first-time homebuyer assistance programs.
-Participants need to attend both days and fulfill all requirements to obtain a HUD Certificate. More details at registration.

More Information:
-The workshop & certificate are offered at no cost! This workshop is in English.
-Participants will receive an access link to the workshop the day before the event. (Please check your Spam folder if you don't receive the email.)
-For more information, or if you have special needs, contact: [email protected]

REGISTER HERE

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Foreclosure Prevention Workshop, August 21, 2024

8/6/2024

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Upcoming Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
7:00 - 8:00 pm PDT

Join us for an important virtual presentation by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California mortgage fitness counselors on how to keep your mortgage healthy as safety nets disappear. We will review current mortgage relief options and the steps you need to take on an annual basis to keep your mortgage on solid ground.

This virtual workshop, which will last an hour, will provide guidance and resources. We will review the status of the California Mortgage Relief Program, as well as forbearance, deferral, modification and other home retention options offered by lenders. We will also take a look at charges on your mortgage statement that you may be able to reduce or eliminate.

Before you register, please read the disclosure statement:
http://www.fairhousingnorcal.org/disclosure.html

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PRE-PURCHASE CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP ONLINE SERIES: 5/1 and 5/2, 2024 (ENGLISH)

3/22/2024

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Pre-purchase Certification Workshop
Online Series via Zoom

Wednesday and Thursday
May 1 and 2, 2024
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm each night

Presented by:
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California
In collaboration with Marin Housing and other agencies in the Bay Area offering affordable housing and resources for homebuyers

Topics to be covered include:
- The homebuying process and steps to homeownership
- Housing affordability
- Financial and credit management
- The lending process and fair lending
- Federal, state, and local programs and resources for first-time homebuyers (including Below Market Rate homeownership opportunities and downpayment assistance)

HUD Certification:
- This workshop offers the certificate needed to apply for Below Market Rate (BMR) homeownership opportunities and for first-time homebuyer assistance programs.
- Participants need to attend both days and fulfill all requirements to obtain a HUD Certificate. More details at registration.

More Information:
- The workshop & certificate are offered at no cost! This workshop is in English.
- Participants will receive an access link to the workshop the day before the event. (Please check your Spam folder if you don't receive the email.)
- For more information, or if you have special needs, contact: [email protected]

REGISTER HERE

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Successfully Housing People with Disabilities – An Interactive Conference on Fair Housing Law and Reasonable Accommodations: 2/28/2024

1/10/2024

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Successfully Housing People with Disabilities
An Interactive Conference on Fair Housing Law
and Reasonable Accommodations

Presented by:
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
9:30 am – 3:00 pm PST
at Unity in Marin
600 Palm Drive, Novato, CA

The conference offers an overview of federal and state fair housing laws, followed by small group discussions to help find practical solutions to commonly asked questions from housing providers, service providers and tenants on reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities during the application, occupancy, and eviction stages. The break-out sessions are interactive, and attendees are expected to actively participate.

The conference is appropriate for:

Rental housing providers in the public and private sectors
Resident & property managers
Staff of assisted living facilities
Service providers and advocates, including fair housing staff
Persons with disabilities
Attorneys and legal services staff
Anyone who regularly works with persons with special needs

Registration
Pre-registration is required to attend. The registration fee is $65 per person. Registration deadline: February 22nd. Full refunds for cancelations up to February 22nd. Scholarships for tenants with disabilities and group discounts are available. A boxed lunch is included with the registration price.

Register here.

The Conference is presented by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California, in partnership with Disability Services & Legal Center, Disability Rights California, Marin Center for Independent Living, and NAMI Marin.

For more information, to request a scholarship, or if you have special needs, please contact us in advance: [email protected].

Download conference flyer.

Note: This material is based on work supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under FHIP EOI grant #FEOI20009. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of HUD.

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TALLER DE CERTIFICACIÓN PARA COMPRAR VIVIENDA: 1/24 y 1/25, 2024

12/8/2023

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Registro:

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Para registrarse, por favor haga CLIC AQUI.

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Fair Housing Law and Practice Seminar with Marin Housing on 12/6/2023

11/16/2023

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PRE-PURCHASE CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP ONLINE SERIES: 10/25 and 10/26, 2023 (ENGLISH)

9/19/2023

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Registration for this event is CLOSED.
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https://www.fairhousingnorcal.org/contact-homebuyers.html

Pre-purchase Certification Workshop
Online Series via Zoom

Wednesday and Thursday
October 25 and 26, 2023
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm each night

Presented by:
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California
In collaboration with Marin Housing and other agencies in the Bay Area offering affordable housing and resources for homebuyers

Topics to be covered include:
- The homebuying process and steps to homeownership
- Housing affordability
- Financial and credit management
- The lending process and fair lending
- Federal, state, and local programs and resources for first-time homebuyers (including Below Market Rate homeownership opportunities and downpayment assistance)

HUD Certification:
- This workshop offers the certificate needed to apply for Below Market Rate (BMR) homeownership opportunities and for first-time homebuyer assistance programs.
- Participants need to attend both dates and fulfill all requirements to obtain a HUD Certificate. More details at registration.

More Information:
- The workshop & certificate are offered at no cost! This workshop is in English.
- Participants will receive an access link to the workshop the day before the event. (Please check your Spam folder if you don't receive the email.)
- For more information, or if you have special needs, contact: [email protected]

REGISTER HERE

Download workshop flyer

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Fair Housing Training for Housing Providers

8/18/2023

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Fair Housing Law and Practice Seminar

Tuesday, October 10, 2023
12:00 to 2:00 pm
via Zoom

Presented by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California

Property owners and managers, and other real estate professionals in the private and public sectors, are invited to attend this seminar.

Seminar is free of charge and open to the public.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE:

- Overview of federal/state fair housing laws and protected classes (including race, national origin, disability, familial status, source of income, and sexual harassment)
- Prohibited activities (including a refusal to rent, discriminatory statements, harassment /retaliation)
- Disability discrimination and reasonable accommodation/modification requests
- Overview of enforcement actions (administrative complaints/private lawsuits)

Register here

Pre-registration is required to attend.

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For more information, or if you have special needs, contact:
Adriana Ames: [email protected]

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Fair Housing Law and Practice Seminar

Tuesday, October 10, 2023
12:00 to 2:00 pm
via Zoom