2022 Legal Seminar
Fair Housing & Zoning – What You Need To Know (Virtual)
Friday, May 6, 2022
12:00-1:30 PM (Eastern) – REGISTER HERE
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (FHCCI) presents its 2022 Legal Seminar (Virtual), “Fair Housing & Zoning – What You Need To Know.” The FHCCI is honored to have well-known fair housing attorney, Michael Allen of Relman Colfax, as the presenter. Mr. Allen will review the basics of fair housing zoning with an expanded review of the common fair housing mistakes made by local or state jurisdictions. Topics will include group homes, affordable housing bans, design and construction requirements, insurance coverage implications for municipal zoning violations, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) implications. The event is part of the FHCCI’s work to spread information and awareness about fair housing laws.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Zoning commissions and officials; city and government employees; homeowners, condominium, and neighborhood associations; attorneys; affordable housing and disability advocates; human rights and relations commissions; and more!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Michael Allen is a Partner at Relman Colfax. He joined the firm in 2006. His civil rights litigation practice focuses on the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and related civil rights laws, with an emphasis on dismantling barriers to integration on the basis of disability and of race. Over the past fifteen years, Michael has led the firm’s disability rights practice as it has litigated dozens of housing discrimination cases. Among the most prominent is Independent Living Center v. City of Los Angeles, which challenged the city’s failure to ensure that its 70,000-unit affordable housing program complied with federal and state accessibility requirements. It settled in 2016, and remains one the largest settlement of its kind anywhere in the country. Michael has also used litigation and administrative complaints to challenge policies that perpetuate racial and ethnic segregation. One of his better-known cases is U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center v. Westchester County, which was one of the first private lawsuits to employ the False Claims Act to enforce the federal obligation to “affirmatively further fair housing.” That case established important precedent, and resulted in a $63.5 million remedy, including the construction of 750 units of affordable housing in higher-opportunity neighborhoods. Prior to joining the firm, Michael was senior staff attorney at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, where he focused on civil rights policy development and litigation involving people with psychiatric disabilities. Before that, he was an attorney with Legal Services of Northern Virginia with a focus on representing low-income clients in housing litigation and policy advocacy.
REGISTRATION: This event is FREE, but advance registration is required. Register here.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
- This training is APPROVED for 1.5 CLEs for Indiana practicing attorneys (course 302829).
- This training is APPROVED for 1.5 APA Indiana Chapter CM credits.
QUESTIONS: Contact the FHCCI with any questions!
Date/Time
Date(s) - May 6 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
