Free online training seminars will focus on fair housing

Housing agencies and legal advocates will host a series of free online training seminars on fair housing each Thursday in April, the Maui County Department of Housing and Human Concerns announced.

Each session of the statewide seminar will focus on a different topic:

≤ April 1, Fair Housing 101, an overview and introduction to key topics for the month.

≤ April 8, Fair Housing in the Times of COVID and Cautionary Tales from Fair Housing Experts, covering topics of landlord-tenant relations and evacuations (eligible for Hawaii State Bar Association CLE credit).

≤ April 15, Race, Color and National Origin: Fair Housing Protections Training.

≤ April 22, Fair Housing: Access and Safety, covering topics of sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status and hanai status.

≤ April 29, Disability and the Fair Housing Act.

Prospective participants must submit an online registration form for the seminar by Monday, the county said. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis, and each session will be limited to the first 1,000 participants. To learn more about each seminar and to register, visit tinyurl.com/nwy2nw8e.

A flyer with the registration form link will also be posted on the county Housing Division website at www.mauicounty .gov/251/Housing-Division.

April is recognized as National Fair Housing Month in honor of the passing of the Fair Housing Act and in remembrance of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther Luther King Jr. in 1968, the county said.

For more information on the seminar, contact the Housing Division at 270-7351.