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Seeing more and more requests for exceptions to your pet rules? What about requests for specific parking spots or deviations from your architectural rules? Afraid saying no to any request will trigger a costly and stressful discrimination complaint against your
HOA?
Take charge of the process for handling requests for accommodations!
Join us for an in-depth webinar on January 22 led by two experts in HOAs, condominiums, and fair housing challenges--a Florida lawyer and a Minnesota lawyer who've represented community associations and handled fair housing issues for a combined total of over 30 years.
You'll get an easy-to-understand explanation of how fair housing laws apply to your day-to-day HOA operations along with a road map you and your fellow board members can
begin following immediately to make responding to reasonable accommodation requests consistent, fair, and low-risk.
You'll learn:- The most important things you need to know about fair housing laws, including the groups of people who are protected by them
- The
most common types of fair housing law challenges HOA boards face and the latest trends in fair housing issues for HOAs
- What is a reasonable accommodation, how the need for an accommodation is established, including the information you can request of owners
- How to create HOA policies and procedures to consistently
and fairly respond to owners' requests for an accommodation
- Recent court cases that could dramatically affect how condos and HOAs handle requests for an accommodation
- Key components of reasonable accommodation policies and procedures, including important language boards often forget to add, and new provisions
boards have added in recent years that could protect your association
- The most important factors to consider when deciding whether to grant a request for an accommodation ... and the most common mistakes boards make in that decision-making process
- And much more!
In just 60 minutes, you'll gain practical, useful tools you can immediately use to smartly manage one of the most challenging issues condos and HOAs face today. Register now for this informative event for
community association board members.
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| Attorney Lisa Magill is a shareholder at
Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. She represents condominium, homeowner, cooperative, and other common-interest realty associations, including condo-hotels, country clubs, and commercial and mixed use properties. She's long been active on several boards of directors of the Community Associations Institute, where she's been a featured speaker on housing laws, covenant enforcement, and association operations for board members, managers, and other professionals in the field. She's a frequent author of
articles and editor of the Firm's Community Update and is the editor of the Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog. Based on a poll of more than 12,000 Florida attorneys who selected their peers as the top 1.7 percent of their respective practice areas, Florida Trend Magazine recognized her in 2005, 2006, and 2011 among its "Legal Elite" in real estate and community association law.
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| Phaedra J. Howard is an attorney with
Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC. She specializes in real estate, real estate litigation and appeals, creditor remedies, and community association law, with an emphasis in the representation of condominium, townhome, planned community and cooperative associations. Howard assists hundreds of community associations in interpreting and enforcing governing documents; drafting and amending governing documents; handling homeowner and vendor disputes; advising associations on fair housing issues; and
providing legal advice and opinions on a wide variety of issues affecting community associations. Howard has taught many seminars on topics relating to community associations and is an approved fair housing trainer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
A webinar is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your home or office, using a regular telephone and a computer with an Internet connection. You have no travel costs, hassle, or commute time.
Plus, for one low price, you
can get as many people on your condo or HOA board to participate as you can fit around a computer screen. And now, with our special group membership offer, your entire board can attend—even from different locations. This offer requires an HOAleader.com Group Membership. When any group member orders, we will set up access for the entire group. Up to 10 users can attend for one low price. It's another incredible deal as part of HOAleader.com Group Membership.
Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions and get immediate answers.
You will receive access instructions via e-mail
several days before the event. You don't need any additional materials before the webinar starts. Your conference materials will be available for you to view, print, and download when you log in to participate in the event. If you are not completely satisfied after attending an HOAleader.com event, let us know within 30 days, and we will refund 100% of your registration fee ... no questions asked. |
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