Webinar on Protecting Fair Housing Rights of People with Criminal Records
May 23, 2016
A webinar will discuss strategies advocates can pursue to help obtain and maintain housing for people with criminal records using recent HUD guidance on this issue (see Memo, 4/11). The webinar will delve into the technical aspects of HUD’s guidance and include practical advocacy tips to improve tenant screening and eviction policies at the local level. The webinar will be held on May 25 at 2:00 pm ET. Presenters will be Marie Claire Tran-Leung, staff attorney at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, and Deborah Thrope, staff attorney at the National Housing Law Project. Register for the webinar at: http://bit.ly/1SNixL1