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Did You Know? President Trump Reversed These Fair Housing Protections on His First Day
Did You Know? President Trump Reversed These Fair Housing Protections on His First Day

As featured in HousingWire.  What does “home” mean to you?I start off most fair housing continuing education courses with a similar question. Why? Because it is apparent that “home” is universal in meaning stability (sometimes including financial), s...

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Jan 31, 2025
Inauguration Day Is Over But Political Debates May Not Be: What’s Legally Unfair and 3 Tools to Help
Inauguration Day Is Over But Political Debates May Not Be: What’s Legally Unfair and 3 Tools to Help

As featured in Inman News.  Although Inauguration Day has come and gone, unsurprisingly, political debates have no expiration date, especially on social media and in light of the ongoing global conflicts like in Gaza, Sudan, Congo, and Ukraine. Conse...

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Jan 21, 2025
Wildfires Don't Discriminate, But People Do. Fight Back With Fairness
Wildfires Don't Discriminate, But People Do. Fight Back With Fairness

As featured in Inman News. An unimaginable, bone-chilling 10,000 homes and structures are estimated to have been lost since the start of 2025 (a mere seventeen days ago) in Los Angeles County due to the destructive combination of various fires and wi...

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Jan 17, 2025
Disband or Rebrand DEI? 3 Considerations If Your Association or Firm Has This on the Docket
Disband or Rebrand DEI? 3 Considerations If Your Association or Firm Has This on the Docket

As featured in HousingWire. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)What is the first thing that comes to mind when you see DMV?There are no wrong answers, but for some of us just the thought of the DMV sends chills down our spine, particularly if you have...

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Dec 24, 2024
Making Meaning of Fair Housing Data: People Over Percentages
Making Meaning of Fair Housing Data: People Over Percentages

As featured in RealtorMag YPN The Lounge. Photo by Ali Rezaei on Unsplash. It is such an honor every single time I have the privilege of sharing with agents throughout the nation the history of unfair housing, where we are today, and how we can proac...

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Dec 05, 2024
Election Considerations: Is VP Kamala Harris's $25k homeownership grant proposal “crippling of an already weak economy"?
Election Considerations: Is VP Kamala Harris's $25k homeownership grant proposal “crippling of an already weak economy"?

As featured in Inman News and Kiplinger Personal Finance. With election day less than one month away, there has been much talk about a particular proposal by Vice President Kamala Harris, so let’s get into it:“My administration will provide first-ti...

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Nov 04, 2024
Is Harris’s $25k Down Payment Assistance Good or Bad for Homebuyers?
Is Harris’s $25k Down Payment Assistance Good or Bad for Homebuyers?

Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris plans to offer $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. But is this good or bad for the housing market? Read various industry forecasts (including my take, among many) in this artic...

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Oct 18, 2024
Emotional Support and Service Animals: Fair and Affordable for Who?
Emotional Support and Service Animals: Fair and Affordable for Who?

As featured in HousingWire. Photo by meredith hunter on Unsplash. What is one of the largest fines you think a housing provider -- like landlords, condo HOAs/boards, and state and local housing authority offices – has had to pay due to turning away e...

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Oct 17, 2024
Guess one way we may be unintentionally advising our clients to discriminate and exacerbate the housing affordability crisis?
Guess one way we may be unintentionally advising our clients to discriminate and exacerbate the housing affordability crisis?

As featured in Inman News. Photo by Kostiantyn Li on Unsplash. Did you know that there are numerous programs that can help with affordable housing, like FHA, VA, and USDA loans and various down payment programs (there are over 2,400 across the natio...

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Sep 28, 2024
Will Either Kamala Harris's or Donald Trump's 2025 Housing Agenda Add Sneeze-Guard Protection to the Economy?
Will Either Kamala Harris's or Donald Trump's 2025 Housing Agenda Add Sneeze-Guard Protection to the Economy?

As featured in HousingWire. To remix an old adage, when the U.S. housing market sneezes, the U.S. economy catches a cold.And it feels like the housing market is winding up and teetering on a sneeze. But this election season seems to be that moment ju...

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Sep 24, 2024
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