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Unwelcomed (Allen Co Library)
Date: 01/08/2025
Time: 10:00 AM
Information:
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (FHCCI), in partnership with the Allen County Public Library, is hosting Unwelcomed: A Fair Housing History of Sales & Lending Discrimination, an interactive exhibit, from January 8-March 3, 2025. The exhibit will educate participants on the systemic barriers that have impacted today’s neighborhoods through redlining, racial covenants, steering, neighborhood intimidation, and other forms of housing discrimination. Modern-day forms of housing discrimination in sales and lending will also be highlighted. Full release here.
You may visit during the Library’s normal operating hours.
The exhibit is funded through support by First Merchants Bank. For the additional references noted on the exhibit panel or to view a digital version of the exhibit, click here.
Fair Housing Disability Workshop
Date: 02/19/2025
Time: 12:00 PM
Information:
Fair Housing Disability Workshop
(presented with ASL interpretation in partnership with accessABILITY)
February 19, 2025, Noon-2:00 PM ET
In this 2 hour virtual workshop, learn about the disability specific regulations of fair housing laws (focus on rental transactions). ASL interpretation will be provided. Topics to be discussed: introduction to fair housing, common types of disability based housing discrimination, disability specific fair housing regulations and guidance, reasonable accommodations and modifications, and more!
This workshop will be hosted live to allow interaction with attendees.
Registration is free but required. Only one registrant allowed per email address. DO NOT SHARE THE LOG IN INFO OR SHARE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WITH OTHERS OR USE IT TO REGISTER OTHER PEOPLE. To track attendance virtually, Zoom uses your email address. If you share it with others, attendance cannot be tracked and we will not be able to verify your participation. You must have an account with Zoom (free to register) and it should be the same email address used to register for ease of tracking and log in. Certificates of Attendance will only be provided to those whose attendance can be verified.
Funding for this workshop provided by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).
Learn more about accessABILITY here.
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Date: 04/09/2025
Time: 9:00 AM
Information:
FHCCI’s 13th Annual Fair Housing Conference (Virtual)
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
9:00 AM – 4:45 PM (ET)
DATE/TIME: The FHCCI’s 13th Annual Fair Housing Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM (ET). The conference will begin promptly at 9:00 AM and is a VIRTUAL event. This year’s theme is Fair Housing: Looking Out for All Futures. Paid and/or confirmed registrants will receive a link to the conference platform in the week prior to the conference.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Chi Chi Wu is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) focusing on consumer credit issues, including legislative, administrative, and other advocacy. Her specialties include fair credit reporting, credit cards, and medical debt.
Chi Chi is lead author of the legal manual Fair Credit Reporting, and a contributing author to Consumer Credit Regulation and Truth in Lending. She has also led on a number of recent reports, including Digital Denials: How Abuse, Bias, and Lack of Transparency in Tenant Screening Harm Renters, Past Imperfect: How Credit Scores and Other Analytics “Bake In” and Perpetuate Past Discrimination, Even the Catch-22s Come With Catch-22s: Potential Harms & Drawbacks of Rent Reporting, and Mission Creep: A Primer on Use of Credit Reports & Scores for Non-Credit Purposes.
Before joining NCLC, she worked in the Consumer Protection Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the Asian Outreach Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services.
AGENDA: This year’s conference will also feature FIFTEEN workshop options for attendees to choose from based on rental, sales, and lending fair housing topics. Workshops will cover the following topic areas:
- Fair Housing 101
- Fair Lending Update
- Disability Case Law Update
- Barriers to Homeowners Insurance
- Fair Housing Act Protections for Families with Children
- AI & Tenant Screening
- Sales Hot Topics
- Inherited Property Obstacles
- Religious Based Protections and Hate Crimes
- Health & Housing
- and several hot topics exploring fair housing issues!
Download the agenda here. Please note that the workshops and schedule are subject to change.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: The FHCCI has submitted for 6.3 continuing education for Indiana attorneys. Info below:
- Legal Credits: 6.3 Legal Credits PENDING for Indiana attorneys – if you are from out of state, check with your Commission for reciprocity options.
PLEASE follow the directions within the conference platform to ensure you receive your credits.
CONFERENCE COST: The registration cost for this all-day event is only $40/person if registered on or by March 7, 2025. After this date, the cost will be $55/person. We are unable to provide refunds after March 31, 2025. Paid and/or confirmed registrants will receive a link to the conference platform the Friday (4/4/25) prior to the conference.
REGISTRATION: To register for the conference, click here. Registration is required. Space is limited. Your registration is not considered complete until payment is received. All registered and paid attendees will receive an email in the week before the conference which will include information on how to access the conference platform. Please check your spam/junk folders in case the email goes there.
- Those who want to send checks instead of an online payment, should register online, choose the check option, and mail payment to the FHCCI. Please note our mailing address of 429 N. Pennsylvania Street, Suite 401, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Checks must be received on or by 3/31/24 unless otherwise approved.
- If you have any problems in completing your registration or need an alternative option, please contact Erika at the FHCCI.
- Please be sure to note any reasonable accommodation in the applicable area of your registration or contact the FHCCI.
SCHOLARSHIPS: The FHCCI has a limited number of scholarships to waive the conference registration cost. These scholarships are available to interested students and persons of low incomes. Contact Amy at the FHCCI for more info.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: Please contact Erika at the FHCCI if any accommodations are needed or note on your registration. Alternate formats of materials will be available upon request for those with disabilities.
SPONSORS: We are once again appreciative of the many sponsors for this year’s conference. Without their generous support, we could not put on an event of this quality at affordable registration fees. Our current sponsors include (please note several are pending so check back for updates):
Gold Sponsors
First Merchants Bank (pending)
Old National Bank (pending)
Silver Sponsors
City of Indianapolis – Department of Metropolitan Development
Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority (IHCDA)
Bronze Sponsors
INHP
MIBOR REALTOR Association
Nonprofit Partner Sponsors
Central Indiana Realtist Association (CIRA)
This event is also made possible with the support of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.
QUESTIONS: All questions related to the conference can be posed to Erika via e-mail at efotsch@fhcci.org. We hope to see you on April 9th at this informative fair housing event!
PAST CONFERENCES: Want to learn about previous FHCCI conferences? Visit our past event pages: 2024 Conference, 2023 Conference, 2022 Conference, 2021 Conference, 2020 Conference, 2019 Conference, 2018 Conference, 2017 Conference, 2016 Conference, 2015 Conference, 2014 Conference
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