| Date | Time | Center | Audience | Name of Training | Training Content | Registration Link |
| January |
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| 01/21/2025 | 10:00 a.m. | FHCMD | Actual or potential victims of discrimination. | Basics of Fair Housing Enforcement (Fair Housing Centers, HUD, MDCR & federal and state court) | This webinar, particularly directed to actual or potential victims of discrimination, will discuss the following topics: (1) role of a local fair housing center, its “advocacy” role in assisting complainants in asserting fair housing rights in receiving and investigating complaints, conducting testing, and aiding in resolution and enforcement with HUD, MDCR, or court; (2) the role of administrative agencies (HUD & MDCR, time deadlines, and available relief; and (3) procedure for private actions in federal or state court and relief available. |
Events | Detroit, MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
| 01/22/2025 | 3:00pm - 4:00 pm | FHCSWM | Organizations (secular and faith based), complexes and staff who serve or house seniors, families with children, and individuals with disabilities (as a refresher or for those new to fair housing) | Fair Housing Foundations | This training will cover the basics of Fair Housing: the timeline of applicable major laws, what classes are protected, what discrimination constitutes, penalties for discrimination, etc. | Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| 01/23/2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | FHCWM | Property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff who have had some fair housing training previously. | 201 Fair Housing Cohort #1 | In depth training for experienced rental professionals that provides a brief review of fair housing laws and any legislative updates, gender, equal access rule and VAWA protections, emerging trends and the state of housing discrimination, and detailed information on the application of fair housing laws regarding advertising, eligibility, disability protections, occupancy standards, and more. | Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| February |
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| 02/18/2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | FHCMD | Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing community, and housing providers that interact with those who are Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing | Fair Housing & American Sign Language Requirements (disability protections) | This training is intended to address the needs of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing community, and housing providers that interact with those who are Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing and needs to adopt policies and procedures regarding reasonable accommodation and modification requirements as to Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing housing occupants and guests. This training will explore the requirements and standards under the FHA, the Michigan PWDCRA, Section 504, and the ADA (including pertinent ADA regulations). |
Events | Detroit, MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
| 02/25/2025 | 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | FHCWM | Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing community, and housing providers that interact with those who are Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing | 301 Fair Housing Cohort #1 | In depth training for experienced rental professionals that focuses on practical application of fair housing best practices based on trending, enforcement-informed issues, including occupancy standards, criminal background screening, tenant selection, serving limited English proficiency, reasonable accommodations and modifications, and more based on the most current case law and HUD Guidance. |
Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| 02/26/2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | FHCSWM | Neighborhood Associations, Realty Groups, and staff who are new to fair housing or need a refresher | Neighbors and Neighborhoods: Steering in Fair Housing |
This training will be a deep dive into the Fair Housing concept of Steering. This will include the history of redlining and blockbusting as major steering strategies, as well as the "smaller," more everyday instances of steering. Training will be supplemented with recent legal victories against housing providers convicted of steering. | Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| March |
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| 03/18/2025 | 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | FHCMD | Disabled community and those involved in maintaining property occupied by disabled persons. | Maintenance & Fair Housing (disability protections) | This training is intended to address the needs of the disabled community, who often face hardships and are forced out of housing because their units and common areas (such as elevators) are not maintained. This training will arm participants with the tools they need to remain in housing that is not only habitable housing but also continues to meet fair housing requirements. |
Events | Detroit, MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
| 03/29/2025 | 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | FHCWM | Rental Maintenance Professionals and Managers |
Fair Housing Deep Dive for Maintenance Professionals | Comprehensive training on the application of fair housing laws to maintenance professionals, including an overview of fair housing laws, the protected classes, examples of housing discrimination in the provision of maintenance and best practices. |
Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| April |
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| 04/09/2025 | 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. | FHCSWM | MSHDA's Region J organizations | Looking Back: Foundations of Fair Housing and Celebrating April | This training, presented to the organizations that constitute Region J, will be a thorough examination of the jurisprudence that was involved in or inspired the passage of the major Fair Housing laws. |
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| 04/29/2025 | 6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. | FHCWM | Tenants and rental home seekers | Fair Housing Deep Dive: Renter Rights & Responsibilities for Tenants/Rental Home Seekers | Training that defines housing discrimination and who is protected with an emphasis on families with children, persons with disabilities, and race based protections as well as new protections under Michigan law, case examples, criminal history screening, harassment and how to file a complaint/report housing discrimination. | Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| May |
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| 05/07/2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | FHCSWM | Basics (Low Literacy, LEP) |
Your Keys to Fair Housing | This training will cover the basics of Fair Housing: the timeline of applicable major laws, what classes are protected, what discrimination constitutes, penalties for discrimination, etc. (This training is provided for individuals who with Limited English Proficiency and for lower literacy audiences.) |
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| 05/13/2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | FHCMD | The often over- looked population of caregivers who aid the elderly, predominantly persons with disabilities. | Fair Housing for Caregivers | It is estimated that approximately 55 million persons at any given time are serving as caregivers and that this number is increasing. In the overwhelming percentage of instances, caregivers are serving persons who have one or more disabilities. Unfortunately, caregivers and the persons they serve are often victims of discriminatory treatment and are unaware of their rights to seek housing accommodations. This webinar will address the unique fair housing needs of caregivers. |
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| 05/22/2025 | 09:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. | FHCWM | Property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff for 55+ and 62+ and older properties. |
Fair Housing Deep Dive for Senior Housing Providers | Targeted training specific to housing for 55+ and 62+ older adults, including overview/updates on federal, state, and local fair housing laws as well as applicable guidance from HUD; it will also cover best practices, risk management strategies, and practical methods of compliance regarding reasonable accommodations and modifications, policies and practices, application processes, and advertising/marketing of senior properties. | Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| June |
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| 6/11/2024 | 02 p.m.-03 p.m. | FHCSWM | Community organizations, tenants and home seekers and municipality staff | Looking Forward: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing | This training will cover the absolute basics of Fair Housing and then take a deep dive into strategies by which community service organizations can affirmatively further fair housing. This includes methods by which one can identify and organize underserved communities, work to influence local statutes that would otherwise entrench power to housing providers, etc. | Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| 6/17/2024 | 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. | FHCMD | Senior level property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff involved in making policy decisions. |
Fair Housing Compliance Check (Policies & Practices) for Fair Housing Providers | This training is directed to housing providers (owners, management companies, and others involved in the ownership and operation of housing). What are the key fair housing points and requirements housing providers need to know to ensure fair housing compliance? What are the new requirements or developments in fair housing policies and best practices? | Events | Detroit, MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
| 6/26/2025 | 09:00 a.m. -12:00 noon | FWCWM | Property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff who are new to fair housing. | 101 Fair Housing Cohort #2 | Introductory and comprehensive class for rental professionals that defines housing discrimination, provides an overview of federal, state and local fair housing laws, the protected classes, reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, best practices for rental professionals and resources. | Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| July |
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| 7/11/2025 | 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. | FHCSWM | Basics (Low Literacy, LEP) Literacy Organizations, Immigrant Organizations | Your Keys to Fair Housing | This training will cover the basics of Fair Housing: the timeline of applicable major laws, what classes are protected, what discrimination constitutes, penalties for discrimination, etc. (This training is provided for individuals who with Limited English Proficiency and for lower literacy audiences.) |
Events | Detroit, MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
| 7/15/2025 | 10:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. | FHCMD | Senior level property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff involved in making policy decisions. | Fair Housing & Occupancy Standards (familial status discrimination) and/or Michigan's New Source of Income Protections (depending upon passage at the state level) | Two heartbeats per bedroom or are there other factors to be considered? These questions are important for residents and housing providers alike to understand familial status requirements. Alternatively, if Michigan passes a statewide source of income (SOI) legislation, this webinar will address Michigan’s new SOI requirements, both as to fair housing and landlord-tenant laws. |
Events | Detroit, MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
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| 8/13/2025 | 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. | FHCSWM | Tenants, home seekers, Faith Based Organizations, Immigrant Organizations, and students | Faith and Justice: Religious Discrimination in Fair Housing | This training will examine more fully the religious organization exemption to Fair Housing law as well as discuss in detail cases in which people have suffered religious discrimination in housing. |
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan Events - 8 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite |
| 8/19/2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | FHCWM | Property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff who have had some fair housing training previously. |
201 Fair Housing Cohort #2 | In depth training for experienced rental professionals that provides a brief review of fair housing laws and any legislative updates, gender, equal access rule and VAWA protections, emerging trends and the state of housing discrimination, and detailed information on the application of fair housing laws regarding advertising, eligibility, disability protections, occupancy standards, and more. | Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| September |
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| 9/25/2025 | 09 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | FHCWM | Property owners or managers, rental professionals, landlords, and public housing agency staff who have extensive fair housing experience. |
301 Fair Housing Cohort #2 |
In depth training for experienced rental professionals that focuses on practical application of fair housing best practices based on trending, enforcement-informed issues, including occupancy standards, criminal background screening, tenant selection, serving limited English proficiency, reasonable accommodations and modifications, and more based on the most current case law and HUD Guidance. | Fair Housing Trainings | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
| October |
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10/27/25 |
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| 10 a.m.-11 a.m. | FHCSEMM | Housing Investigators for MDCR | Fair Housing for MDCR Investigators | MDCR is an important partner in our statewide efforts to address illegal housing discrimination. Training will cover what fair housing centers do and how FHC's and MDCR can best work together. | Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan | |
