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Fair Housing and Reasonable Accommodations Updates

presented by Barbara Chandler, Fair Housing Manager for the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership on March 10, 2010

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About the Training

The program provides an overview of the rights and protections for children with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act in elementary and secondary education.

Session Learning Objectives

During this session we:

• Provide an overview and background of the Fair Housing Act
• Explain Scoping and Coverage under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
• Discuss who can make reasonable accommodation requests, the interactive process, terms/conditions regarding assistive animals, and medical documentation
• Explore available resources & updates to these

CRC-CEUs

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About the Presenter

Barbara Chandler is the Fair Housing Manager for the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc. She is the lead staff person for policy, technical assistance and training on fair housing for the agency. Ms. Chandler was formerly the Director for Housing Projects at Adaptive Environments where she managed the Fair Housing Accessibility First Design and Construction Resource Center (DCRC), a nationwide service that provides technical assistance on compliance with the federal Fair Housing Act requirements, in addition to consulting and training. Prior to her work at Adaptive Environments, she was the Policy Analyst for the City of Boston Office of Civil Rights, where she dealt with fair housing, disability and civil rights issues. She was the past Director of the Coordinated Aging, Rehabilitation and Disability Services Project (CARDS) for the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and as well as a Planner with the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council.

Presentation Transcript and Resources:

• Presentation Slides (PDF version)
• Presentation Slides (text version)
• Transcript of the Training (MS Word doc)

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Presented by the DBTAC Southwest ADA Center, a program of ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas. The DBTAC is funded by a grant (H133A060091) from the Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

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