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Fair
Housing of the Dakotas
2008 Upcoming Events
Accessibility
Training Scheduled: HUD has scheduled a FREE Fair Housing
Accessibility Training for Tuesday, May 6, 2008 from 8:30 am-5:00 pm at the
Sheraton Hotel
in Sioux Falls, SD which the Fair Housing of the Dakotas is helping to
promote and coordinate. These are trainings specifically designed for
builders, architects, building officials and advocates regarding compliance
with the Fair Housing Act's New Design and Construction requirements in
multi-family housing units. The training is conducted by an architect
through HUD's Fair Housing Accessibility First program. For more information, including an agenda and
registration information, click: Events/FIRST Training Flyer-SD.pdf
Fundamentals
of Fair Housing Classes Scheduled: The Fair Housing of the Dakotas (FHD) will again be hosting its series of "Fundamentals of Fair Housing"
workshops
in a number of communities in North and South Dakota. All workshops
are open to the public and free of charge but registration is required.
Continuing education information is below.
Workshops have been
scheduled for the following dates and communities:
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April
17, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Watertown Event Center/Best Western Ramkota, 1901 9th Avenue, SW,
Watertown, SD. To register, please click here.
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April
23, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Best Western Doublewood Inn, 1400 East Interchange Avenue, Bismarck, ND
(funding for this workshop also provided through a Bismarck CDBG
grant). To
register, please click here.
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April
30, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Best Western Ramkota Hotel, 920 West Sioux Avenue, Pierre, SD.
To register, please click here.
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May
14, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Great American Inn, 1116
Highway 2 E,
Devils Lake, ND. To register, please click here.
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May
20, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Days Inn-Grand Dakota Lodge, 532 15th St. West, Dickinson, ND.
To register, please click here.
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June
19, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Holiday Inn-City Centre, 100 West 8th Street, Sioux Falls, SD.
To
register, please click here.
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July
10, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Holiday Inn, 2200 Burdick Expressway East, Minot, ND. To
register, please click here.
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August
7, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Ramada Plaza Suites, 1635 42nd Street South, Fargo, ND.
To
register, please click here.
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August
26, 2008: 1:00-5:00
PM, Hilton Garden Inn, 4301 James Ray Drive, Grand Forks, ND.
To
register, please click here.
The
"Fundamentals of Fair Housing" workshops above have been
approved for the following continuing education credits:
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North
Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners: The FHD is approved as a
provider for continuing education credits through March 23, 2009 for the
ND workshops.
Provider No. 91.
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North
Dakota Commission for Continuing Legal Education: Approved for
3.75 CLE credit hours for the 2008 ND workshops.
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North
Dakota Real Estate Commission: Approved for 4 mandatory continuing
education credits for the ND workshops. Course Number CE08-031.
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South
Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners: The Fair Housing of the
Dakotas is approved as a
provider for continuing education credits through the South Dakota Board
of Social Work Examiners, 135 East Illinois, Suite 14, Spearfish, SD
57783.
Social workers will receive 3.75 contact hours for the SD workshops.
Provider No. 1006. Approved through December, 2009.
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South
Dakota Department of Revenue & Regulation: The FHD is approved
through August 17, 2008 for 3 classroom hours of appraiser continuing
education for the SD workshops. Course No. SD 526 CE.
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South
Dakota Real Estate Commission: Approved for 3.5 Required Hours of
Continuing Education through March 14, 2009 for the SD workshops. Course Number
2673R3.509.
Check
back for any updates or changes.
Save
the Date of Other FHD Trainings:
The
Fair Housing of the Dakotas will be sponsoring additional trainings in
2008:
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July
16 (revised date): "Fundamentals of Fair Housing"
Workshop, Rapid City, SD. To be conducted with a Vendor Fair
sponsored by the Black Hills Area Multi Housing Association.
This course has been approved for the same continuing education
credits as the other courses on "Fundamentals of Fair
Housing". Watch for registration information in May.
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September
17 (tentative): “Fair
Housing for Maintenance”-Sioux Falls, SD (New Class!).
Watch for a flyer on this event later this summer.
This is a new course based upon requests received from the
public. This course will
focus on fair housing issues as they relate to maintenance staff and
include information on fair housing laws, case examples, etc.
This course is not approved currently for continuing education
credits.
These
dates are tentative so changes may occur.
Other Events
The Fair Housing of the Dakotas (FHD)
staff have also been invited to speak on fair housing and discrimination related topics at
the following North and South Dakota conferences or trainings in 2008:
March 5, 2008: Fargo Human
Relations Commission Meeting-Noon. See an agenda here.
March 18, 2008: Bismarck-Mandan
Apartment Association Meeting-Noon. For info, see here.
April 22, 2008: Pay Equity
Forum, 6:15 PM, Bismarck, ND.
May 15, 2008: South Dakota
Multi-Housing Association Annual Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. For
info, see here.
Please note that time of presentation
and topics vary due to requests of conference organizers. For more
information on these events, contact the conference organizers. To
request FHD staff at your conference or training, contact the FHD.
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