IDHR and Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing unveil Fair Housing
Webinar series
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[August 01, 2013]
CHICAGO -- The Illinois
Department of Human Rights and the
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing announced last week the
release of a new Fair Housing Webinar series, funded as a
partnership project by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. The
series of webinars covers major fair housing issues and is designed
to educate stakeholders and the general public about fair housing
law under federal law as well as the Illinois Human Rights Act.
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All the webinars are available as online videos that can be accessed
at any time on the website of Illinois Legal Aid Online. The
webinars will educate the public on their fair housing rights and
provide information for housing providers on their responsibilities
under fair housing law. The topics include the housing rights laws
for people with disabilities, for LGBT individuals, for new
Americans and immigrants, for condo and co-op associations, and a
general fair housing overview. Three of the webinars are in both
English and Spanish versions, and closed captioning is available.
"The Department of Human Rights is excited to announce the
availability of this series of webinars on fair housing issues,"
said IDHR Director Rocco Claps. "Housing law is a complex area of
the law, and our partnership with the Lawyers' Committee for Better
Housing and the support of HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity has made it possible for us to empower the general
public with an easily accessible way to become knowledgeable about
the fair housing protections that are offered by the Illinois Human
Rights Act."
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The webinars are available at these links:
For more information about fair housing law in Illinois, you can
also go to IDHR's website:
http://www2.illinois.gov/dhr/
FilingaCharge/Pages/Housing.aspx.
[Text from
Illinois
Department of Human Rights
file received from
the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information] |