HDLI - Conferences and Training

HDLI's will hold its 2018 Fall Legal Conference on Friday, October 26 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia. This conference is designed for public housing agency staff, attorneys, commissioners, and other partners in the affordable housing industry. The topics will include:

The New Public Housing Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) - What has Changed and What are the Legal Implications?
A RAD Retrospective and Prospective - Legal Lessons Learned, Successes, Challenges, Today's Hot Topics, & More
All About Relocation of Residents - URA Requirements, RAD Relocation, & More
Front Burner Fair Housing Topics - Immigration Issues, Sexual Harassment in Housing, Status of AFFH and Disparate Impact Standards, & More
Review of Recent Case Law Affecting Affordable and Public Housing - Presented by Lisa L. Walker, HDLI's CEO and General Counsel

Sample agendas for half-day fair housing training as well as full-day training are available here. HDLI customizes the training agenda for each agency based on their needs.

HDLI's on-site trainings are conducted by our CEO and General Counsel, Lisa L. Walker.

Ms. Walker has successfully trained more than 4,500 front-line, maintenance, managerial, executive, and legal staff of housing agencies and housing developers of all sizes, including The CT Group, (D.C.), Dwayne Henson Investments, Inc. (TX), KG Residential, LLC (TX), HFI Management Company (TX), LBK Limited (TX), Dallas Hous. Auth. (TX), Houston Hous. Auth. (TX), Fort Worth Hous. Auth. (TX), Abilene Hous. Auth. (TX), Candletree Apartments (TX), Denton Hous. Auth. (TX), Integrated Housing Solutions LLC (TX), Monarch Properties (TX), Orion Residential Properties (TX), Overton Park Townhomes (TX), Pace Realty (TX), Tarrant County Housing Assistance (TX), Seattle Hous. Auth. (WA), Hous. Auth. of the City of Los Angeles (CA), Los Angeles County Community Development Commission (CA), Hous. Auth. of the County of Ventura (CA), Hous. Auth. of the City of Ventura (CA), Hous. Auth. of the City of Oxnard (CA), Orlando Hous. Auth. (FL), Tampa Hous. Auth. (FL), Sanford Hous. Auth. (FL), Pinellas County Hous. Auth. (FL), Seminole County Hous. Auth. (FL), Winter Park Hous. Auth. (FL), Punta Gorda Hous. Auth. (FL), Arcadia Hous. Auth. (FL), Avon Park Hous. Auth. (FL), CF Lane, LLC (FL), Owensboro Hous. Auth. (KY), Bowling Green Hous. Auth. (KY), Beaver Dam Hous. Auth. (KY), Hous. Auth. of Henderson (KY), Hous. Auth. of Madisonville (KY), Charleston Hous. Auth. (SC), Newark Hous. Auth. (NJ), Syracuse Hous. Auth. (NY), North Bend City/Coos-Curry County Housing Authorities (OR), Henry County Hous. Auth. (IL), Richland County Hous. Auth. (IL), Prince George's County Hous. Auth. (MD), St. Mary's County Hous. Auth. (MD), Harrisburg Hous. Auth. (PA), Altoona Hous. Auth. (PA), McKean County Hous. Auth. (PA), Denver Hous. Auth. (CO), Cambridge Hous. Auth. (MA), Hous. Auth. of New Orleans (LA), St. Bernard Parish Government (LA), Milford Redevelopment and Housing Partnership (CT), Lucas Metropolitan Hous. Auth. (OH), Savannah Hous. Auth. (GA), Warner Robins Hous. Auth. (GA), Roanoke Redevelopment and Hous. Auth. (VA), Lynchburg Redevelopment and Hous. Auth. (VA), Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (VAHCDO), Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA-nationwide), NYSPHADA (NY), the following Regional Councils of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO): Pacific Northwest (PNRC), Mid-Atlantic (MARC), Southeast (SERC), and the Michigan (MI), Indiana (IN), and Nebraska (NE) affiliates of NAHRO. Ms. Walker also has a broad knowledge of federally-assisted public and affordable housing programs, applicable federal regulations (such as those implemented by HUD and the Justice Department), and the fair housing obligations implicit therein. Ms. Walker is certified as a fair housing trainer by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).

HDLI's Online Fair Housing Training

Contact HDLI by telephone (202) 289-3400 or e-mail hdli@hdli.org for more information about upcoming CLE conferences and trainings.