By Staff Reports
(LĪHU‘E) – In recognition of April being Fair Housing Month, the Housing Agency is sponsoring free training on the Fair Housing law on Tuesday, April 29.
There will be two sessions at the Līhu‘e Civic Center, Pi‘ikoi Building, rooms A and B.
The first session, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., is geared toward property and resident managers, housing agents, homeowners’ association board members, landlords, as well as security and police officers.
The afternoon session, from 1 to 4:30 p.m., is for tenants, Section 8 clients and the general public.
Featured speakers include representatives from the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
“We provide this training every year to prevent housing discrimination from happening on our island. Even one occurrence would be too many,” said Kaua‘i County Housing Director Kamuela Cobb-Adams.
The morning session will cover the following topics:
- Accommodating residents with severe allergies and tenting for termites.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act.
- Assistance animals relative to reasonable accommodations in housing.
- Educating maintenance staff about accommodation and modification requirements.
- HUD’s adoption of the Keating Memo for occupancy standards as directed by Congress.
- Reasonable modifications.
- Tenant selection.
- The focus of the afternoon session will be on:
- Civil rights and wrongs.
- Definition of a disability as defined by the Supreme Court.
- Fair Housing Act relative to recovering alcoholics.
- Joint statement by HUD and the U.S. Department of Justice on reasonable accommodations under the Fair Housing Act.
- Keating Memo as it applies to occupancy standards.
Anyone interested in attending the Fair Housing training should contact Steve Franco as soon as possible at 241-4444 or via email, sfranco@kauai.gov. Space is limited.
If you need an ASL interpreter or any auxiliary aid support in order to attend the training, please contact Franco at least seven days prior to the event.
