Fair Housing Symposium

Name: Fair Housing Symposium
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Location: Main Library

Class/Workshop Discussion/Q&A Lecture/Panel Adult Senior Programs Housing Youth And Seniors

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Main Library

601 Santa Monica Blvd.

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Multipurpose Room, 2nd floor

The Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office is hosting a symposium that is part of the City’s celebration of Fair Housing Month. Speakers will include Shayla Myers, Senior Attorney in the Unhoused Persons Justice Project at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, attorneys from the Consumer Protection Unit of the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office, and other special guests. Topics will include: The barriers unhoused persons face in obtaining permanent housing; the impact of fair housing laws on tenant screening policies, including source of income and housing status discrimination (newly passed in Santa Monica); and a basic overview of fair housing laws.

Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Main Street

Multipurpose Room, 2nd Floor

*Registration is required and parking will be validated

Accommodations: Please email consumer.mailbox@santamonica.gov by April 17, 2024 regarding need for alternative format, assistive listening devices, interpreters, etc.