Pot, Pit Bulls, Parking and Perps: 2024 Fair Housing Pitfalls

Duration

75  Mins

Level

Basic & Intermediate

Webinar ID

IQW24I0922

  • Can residents smoke pot on your property? Does pot have the same rules as cigarettes? Can you make your residents stop smoking anything?
  • Aren’t pit bulls dangerous? Can they be assist animals? A prospect has a parrot and claims that it is a service animal. Can a bird do that? What about obvious fake doctors notes? A resident has a new puppy and when questioned says that it is her emotional support animal. I think that isn’t true. What can I do?
  • You are out of parking spaces. Do you have to let every disabled person have a reserved spot? What if other handicapped people park in a reserved spot? We have so many handicapped parking spaces that others can’t find a place to park? Is there a limit?
  • Your boss is concerned about using social media. Can we get sued if you say the wrong things?
  • Do we now have to rent to criminals?
  • Do I have to print all my documents in different languages?Who is responsible for translating if the prospective resident doesn’t speak English?
  • Can I evict a resident who keeps calling 911 because of her ex-spouse?
  • Residents are complaining about the smell of marijuana smoke coming one particular apartment. We have asked the pot smoker about it and he denies it. What should we do?
  • The maintenance tech found a marijuana plant growing in a resident’s apartment. It’s just one little plant. Can we just ignore it?
  • A female resident says that one of our employees patted her on bottom. He says they always hug when they say hello and she usually initiates the hug. Do we have a problem?

Overview of the webinar

Ignorance of Fair Housing Laws is no excuse!  Staying on top of the latest cases, rulings and directives are critical; not doing so can create an expensive lesson.  Fair Housing classes don’t have to be dull and boring...in fact, you might be excited to hear what is changing, how it impacts you and your property. You will get your questions answered and your answers questioned. Don’t be the one who gets the owner sued!

Who should attend?

  • Owners
  • Regional Managers
  • Site Managers 
  • Leasing Consultants  
  • Company Fair Housing Officers

Why should you attend?

Laws and Rulings change, not knowing current laws is no defense in a court of law. More and more often discrimination claims are filed regarding accommodating requests for reserved parking, allowing Pit Bulls and other "aggressive" breeds as assistance animals, marijuana use, and how to handle and answer questions from persons who have been incarcerated.

Faculty - Ms.Anne Sadovsky

Anne Sadovsky has been in the apartment industry five decades and is a former V P of Marketing and Education for Lincoln Property Company. Her credentials include NAAEI Advanced Facilitator, CAM, and CAPS.  She is a contributing writer for many publications, has earned a Texas Real Estate license and Certified Speaking credentials from the National Speakers Association.  She was named one of the top trainers in the industry by Multi-Housing News and both Multifamily Pro Brainstorming Conference and the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas have honored Anne with Legends Awards. 

Anne has chaired and served on many education committees for major conferences. She has coauthored several books and has flown over 8 million miles sharing her knowledge and wit, and her success story has been featured in many national magazines including Money, Texas Business and Ladies Home Journal.  Anne is multifaceted, offers many topics, shares skills and tools that are life changing, common sense, high energy, fun but no nonsense. 

She lives in Dallas with her husband Randy, a funny Chiweinie and two very talkative parrots.

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