Housing Plus bloggers Michael Skojec and Amy Glassman will be featured speakers on Novogradac’s webinar: “Consequences of Disparate Impact for Multifamily Housing” on July 22. The webinar will discuss the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. case and explore how the Court’s opinion will shape future cases, HUD’s fair housing efforts, and the larger housing landscape.
The discussion points will include the following topics:
- Fair Housing Act and defining disparate impact
- Making a disparate impact claim (including examples)
- How HUD’s three-step burden-shifting rule works
- Recent lower-court decisions in Washington, D.C., and Illinois
- Two prior cases (Magner and Mount Holly)
- ICP v. TDHCA facts and history
- Key issues argued in the Supreme Court case
- Majority opinion, causation, and other safeguards
- How this plays out—future litigation
- Possible HUD modifications to the rule
- One housing authority’s concerns
- The upcoming affirmatively furthering rule
Registration is still open, but will close at 2 p.m. on July 21. We will be sure to follow up with the webinar’s key takeaways.