3-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

PLI has joined with the State Bar of California Office of Legal Services to share special sessions from the 2012 Pathways to Justice Conference.  The sessions will focus on hot topics in housing law, including affordable housing, tenant relocation and replacement housing in the wake of the foreclosure and economic crises, and recent developments in fair housing and anti-discrimination laws, litigation, and enforcement.  The panelists are noted experts in housing law and seasoned litigators who will cover a broad range of topics using a hands-on, real world approach.  Attendees will learn firsthand how to calculate benefits for relocation, as well as, how to develop a fair housing case from initial client intake through litigation.

What you will learn

The housing sessions will provide an overview of the current state and federal laws, court decisions, and procedures surrounding affordable housing, relocation and replacement housing and fair housing.  The sessions will cover litigation and administrative tactics and remedies.

Session 1: Navigating Anti-Discrimination Laws in Housing will address:

  • Basic Fair Housing Laws
  • Recent Supreme Court Decisions
  • Fair Housing Litigation
  • Current Trends and Emerging Issues
Session 2: Advocating Against Displacement: Using State and Federal Laws to Protect Private and Public Housing Residents will address:

  • Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing
  • Overview of Relocation and Replacement Housing Requirements
  • HUD’s Role in Providing Relocation Benefits
  • How to Calculate Benefits for Relocation

Who should attend

Attorneys and advocates representing tenants and homeowners threatened with or being displaced from their homes, and/or attorneys representing non-profit developers and other entities involved in displacing tenants.  LSC programs, litigators, policy advocates, private attorneys, pro bono coordinators and everyone who deals with fair housing advocacy.  The sessions will address laws and issues pertinent to those new to housing practice as well as experienced litigators.

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