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Sexual Harassment Claims – Best Practices For Compliance

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Sexual Harassment Claims - Best Practices For Compliance

Sexual Harassment Allegations

Sexual harassment allegations are a serious matter.   The Department of Justice and HUD are working together in a task force to investigate and prosecute cases of sexual harassment in housing.

As serious (and expensive) as allegations of sexual harassment are for employers, housing providers have even wider concerns since housing providers need to adopt policies and best practices to prevent their employees from causing sexual harassment violations against both coworkers and residents.

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Fair Housing and the Future

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Fair Housing and the Future

The Fair Housing future has a lot in store for us. What is on the Fair Housing horizon?  For property management professionals this is an important question.  We can never sit on our hands when it comes to Fair Housing compliance.  So what have we learned from the previous year and what can we expect moving into this new year?

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Fair Housing Holiday Tips

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Fair Housing Holiday Tips

Fair Housing laws have application towards holidays and holiday decorations. Best practices and compliance need to be solidly based on Fair Housing law and not on personal opinion.

As a professional in the housing industry, you may be faced with holiday-related items that are simply viewed as potentially offensive and/or insensitive but that are not against Fair Housing laws.

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Dear Fair Housing Insiders – Roommates In Single Family

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Dear Fair Housing Insiders Roommates With Single Family

Dear Fair Housing Insiders:

We have an owner who is getting very frustrated with roommate situations in single-family home rentals where there are three roommates qualified together but no one qualifies on their own. So when one of them decides to leave, we end up typically in an eviction/skip situation. So he has asked us to add the following paragraph to our rental criteria for his 230+ single-family rental homes “Should two (2) or more people be applying together for a property at least one of the applicants must qualify on their own. If neither/none of the applicants qualify as individuals each applicant must have a qualified cosigner.”  Thoughts?

Signed ~~ Qualification Question [Read more…]

Dear Fair Housing Insiders – Resident With Special Needs

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Dear Fair Housing Insiders Special Needs Resident

Dear Fair Housing Insiders:

We have a resident who is special needs. He comes into our office daily and spends all day on the computer and in our community center. That would not be an issue except he will stand around and stare at prospects, makes messes, and harrases my staff. We have had a couple of prospects who have made comments that him staring or listening in on them while with our leasing agent makes them uncomfortable. We are a tax credit community and I have tried being nice and talking to him but he lashes out and says he will sue us for discriminating against him. I am worried about a lawsuit but he has called my staff racial slurs. Could he file a complaint? What can we do to protect ourselves?   [Read more…]

Terrorism Concerns and Managing Screening Policies

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Screening Polices and Terrorism Concerns

When was the last time you reviewed your screening policies? Prevent illegal discrimination in screening applicants by developing and practicing consistent policies.  Terrorism concerns are relevant and need to be addressed in a proactive way and not reactive.  Your team needs to be properly trained on Fair Housing compliance and also on how to properly apply any procedures and policies that you may implement. [Read more…]

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