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Fair Housing Issues in the SuburbsTuesday, October 27,1992 8:30 a.ni.-12 noon Wayzata Free Church <br />8:30 <br />8:40 <br />9;l <br />10.*00 <br />10:45 <br />11 <br />Agenda <br />Registration, Rolls, Coffee <br />Wskome <br />Denise Buckner, Suburban Hennepin Anti-Racism Committee <br />Jonathan Farmer, Suburban Hermepin Housing Coalition <br />Video <br />"Must There Be a Will Between You and Me?" <br />Federal Fair Housing l^w <br />Jaime Pedraza, Fair Housing Officer, <br />U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />PiUiel Discussion <br />State and Local Housing Di.scrimiji/jrion Laws attd Remedies <br />Break <br />Workshops <br />{Choose one, see box. righti <br />Workshops <br />A. How to recognize a <br />Biir Housing issue <br />Houting discnminaiion is often sub(k and no( <br />recngni/ed cither by the person being discrimi- <br />naled against or by the social service woitcr <br />who is helping that person with other iMues. <br />Darindn Wider, Aid nWrney, will <br />discutt how to listen to clienu to identity Fair <br />Housing iasties and how o guide a clknt <br />appropriate retoarce^. Dc!>ifneJ ku advocates <br />iiaJ provkkn of direct client assluance. <br />B. Fair Housing Testing <br />Programs <br />A Fair Housing Testing Progrifn. wmdmg <br />testers info the community, can be mi eflactiwc <br />way to identify violators of Fair Hottsiiig Laws. <br />A rrp rcscnutfve of the <br />lloustiif Cefiier wiU cTptain horn ilieir ^<ring <br />pnigrtm works and whu your i^icy to <br />kr w and do to us up ud nm a lasing <br />pfogmii. <br />C. Exclusionary Zoning <br />In tome enmmunaws, romng codes may be <br />used to block low income houting. trcntitional <br />housing, group homes or ottscr prpgmn. <br />Ftarii lio^n, htHtal KaXli L«a <br />aUarhey, wjB idcnli^ Fair HeuMg awiMa in <br />Mniaig aiUMlKma She'S