IAOHRA Conference: Challenges of Housing Access in a Racially Divided Nation During COVID 19
--Welcoming Remarks
Robin Toma, President, International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies
--Opening Remarks
Anna María Farías, HUD Assistant Secretary, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Joseph Peltier, Director, HUD Fair Housing Assistance Program
--Unique Fair Housing Issues Presented by COVID-19
Paul Valenti, Moderator, Pinellas County (FL) Office of Human Rights
Professor Michael Seng, UIC John Marshall School of Law
Michael Allen, Esq., Relman Colfax, LLC
Amy Nelson, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana
--Best Agency Practices in the Age of Pandemic
Melody Taylor, Moderator, HUD Regional Director & Senior Advisor HUD National Fair Housing Training Academy
Jeffrey May, International Development & Planning, LLC & National Fair Housing Training Academy
Akita Smith-Evans, DC Office of Human Rights
Steve Tomkowiak, Esq., Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit & National Fair Housing Training Academy
--Fair Housing & COVID-19 as seen through Race and Gender Equity
Lenses
Jean Kelleher, Moderator, Alexandria, VA, Office of Human Rights
Stella Adams, SJ Adams Consulting
Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance
Megan K. Whyte de Vasquez, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice