The Fair Housing Act and the Accessibility Guidelines

ADA Audio Conference Webinar Series
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, Eastern Time

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Sponsored by Great Lakes ADA Center and ADA National Network (ADANN)
For help, contact Great Lakes ADA Center: 1-877-232-1990 (Voice/TTY) or email webinars@accessibilityonline.org

Description:
This session will explain the historical context, evolution, and scope of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) as well as identify the accessible design characteristics covered by the FHA. Attendees will learn about reasonable housing accommodation and modification protections for individuals with disabilities. This session will also take a look at the development framework and content for the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines as well as identify FHA resources and training opportunities.

To ensure your question is answered during the session, individuals are highly encouraged to submit their questions ahead of time via the registration website (the option to submit questions is available once you have registered for the session).

Human Generated Real-Time Captioning will be provided for this session.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the historical context, evolution, and scope of the Fair Housing Act.
  • Identify the accessible design characteristics covered by the Fair Housing Act.
  • Understand reasonable accommodation and modification protections for individuals with disabilities.
  • Recognize the development framework and content of the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines.
  • Identify FHA resources and training.

Continuing Education Credits available: Certificate of Attendance; AIA HSW CES: 1.5 credits; ICC: 1.5 Credits; ACTCP: 1.5 Credits; California Architects Board: 1.5 Credits.

Speakers:
John Biemiller
Eric Contreras, Architect
Kelley Jewell-Glasscock, PhD

Session Questions:
This session is accepting questions from registered users. After you have registered to participate in this session you can submit your questions on your Account Manager page. Please note: the number of questions will be limited and submissions will be closed well before the session starts to provide time to prepare answers.