Webinar on Working with PHAs to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing, December 11

The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) will hold a webinar to discuss public housing agencies’ (PHA’s) obligation to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). The webinar will take place Wednesday, December 11, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET. Register here.

Panelists will provide an overview of federal and California AFFH obligations, as well as examples of how advocates, local government agencies, and PHAs can work together to ensure PHAs are meeting their obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. The webinar will also discuss how to examine through an AFFH lens Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs), source-of-income discrimination, and the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).

The webinar will preview soon-to-be-released materials for PHAs and advocates and conclude with a Q&A.

Presenters are:

  • Bridgett Simmons, staff attorney, National Housing Law Project
  • Megan Haberle, deputy director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council
  • Philip Tegeler, president and executive director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council 
  • Renee Williams, staff attorney, National Housing Law Project

Register at: https://adobe.ly/2YhUD39