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FAIR HOUSING MONTH 2019:
Understanding the Past to Define a Better Tomorrow
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center and the Dayton REALTORS® invite you to join us for our annual celebration of Fair Housing Month. Click here to register.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Note new day of the week — Friday, not Thursday Sinclair Conference Center Dayton, Ohio We cannot address the inequities of the present without an understanding of the past. Join us for a workshop—that fulfills 3 hours of civil rights continuing education for Ohio real estate agents—that will help you gain a better understanding of our shared history that led to the segregation and resulting poverty we experience today in many communities of color. The workshop will be led by Kirsten Delegard, Project Director, and Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, Director, both of Mapping Prejudice. Following the workshop is our luncheon featuring the presentation of the Marie Kindrick Fair Housing Awards as well as a keynote address by Ms. Delegrad and Mr. Ehrman-Solberg. Visit our registration page for more information about the workshop and the luncheon. Fair Housing and Tax Evaluations   The Miami Valley Fair Housing Center (MVFHC) is collaborating with the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office (Auditor) in a project to conduct a fair housing assessment of the 2020 Sexennial Reappraisal process of real property located in Montgomery County, Ohio. In the project MVFHC will examine the process used by the Auditor to determine whether the reappraisal fairly and equitably values properties across all neighborhoods. MVFHC is intentionally focusing on the most recent housing crisis phenomena—such as the foreclosure crisis and the pervasiveness of poorly maintained and marketed bank-owned foreclosure properties (known as “Real Estate Owned” or “REO”)— that continue to impact our local neighborhoods As part of the project, MVFHC is conducting focus groups with professionals who know the residential real estate industry in Montgomery County. In doing this, MVFHC is collaborating with Dayton REALTORS® to seek input from their members and to provide education to them through a one hour continuing education class entitled “Fair Housing and Tax Evaluations.” The same session is being offered twice on Monday, March 25, 2019: at 9:00 a.m. and at 3:00 p.m. John Zimmerman, MVFHC’s Vice President, and Tyler Warner, Dayton REALTORS’® Director of Government Affairs, will facilitate the workshops. Register today at www.mvfairhousing.com/fhtaxce. Winter 2018 newsletter now available
The newsletter has information about MVFHC’s annual meeting, Martin Luther King Day March and Rally information, and fair housing tips for the impact of a complaint based on sexual harassment. To receive new editions of the newsletter via e-mail, become a MVFHC member. Previous news items are available here. | Resources and useful links If you shop at Amazon.com, did you know that by shopping instead at smile.amazon.com you can direct 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice? MVFHC is an eligible charity, and we’d appreciate your support. Designate MVFHC as your Amazon Smile charity today. Special reportsCopies of special reports such as Analyses of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice released by local jurisdictions as well as other reports done by MVFHC on zoning and predatory lending are available on the reports page.
HomeOwnership Center of Greater Dayton
The Home Ownership Center is a non-profit organization that empowers local residents to achieve and sustain homeownership and financial success. They’ve helped thousands of individuals and families meet their homeownership goals through a variety of services offered at low or no cost. You can reach the HomeOwnership Center at 937-853-1600.
Fair Housing webinars
In conjunction with the Greater Dayton Apartment Association, MVFHC is offering one-hour fair housing webinars on the second Wednesday of every other month in 2018 (odd months). For more information, visit our GDAA webinar page.
 Your Rights & Duties as a Tenant
Although MVFHC does not provide assistance with landlord/tenant issues unrelated to discrimination, the booklet Your Rights and Duties as a Tenant, presented by Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. and Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc., is a useful resource.
Additional Landlord/Tenant infoAlso, if you are a landlord or a tenant wanting information on your rights and duties under Ohio law, the Dayton-Montgomery County Ombudsman's Office has a page about landlord/tenant issues.Mobile Home Park residents
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