Long Island Housing Partnership & Touro Law Center host Planning & Zoning for Fair & Accessible Housing Conference

Long Island Housing Partnership, Inc.

180 Oser Avenue

Hauppauge, NY 11788

631.435.4710

For Immediate Release Contact: Judy White

631.730.2710/516-236-4245

P R E S S A D V I S O R Y

Planning & Zoning for Fair & Accessible Housing Conference

Sponsored by the Long Island Housing Partnership and Touro Law Center

Friday, October 16, 2015

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (8:30 a.m. Breakfast/Registration)

Touro Law Center, 225 Eastview Drive, Central Islip, NY

With millions of federal dollars at stake and potential Fair Housing lawsuits looming, public officials, attorneys, planners, and advocates can learn how to incorporate Fair Housing obligations into planning and zoning decisions. Touro Law Center and the Long Island Housing Partnership are co-sponsoring this all day conference to help attendees understand their obligations to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.

WHO: Touro Law Center and the Long Island Housing Partnership

Presenters include: Department of Justice (DOJ), Housing and Urban Development

(HUD), academia, planning & land use and legal experts

WHAT: Planning & Zoning for Fair & Accessible Housing Conference

●To create inclusive communities with access to opportunity

●To learn how the recent Supreme Court Decision on Disparate Impact Discrimination affects land use policies on Long Island

●To avoid Fair Housing claims based on disparate impact

●To understand the new “Assessment of Fair Housing” and its relationship to consolidated plans

WHEN: Friday, October 16, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. Breakfast/Registration

WHERE: Touro Law Center, 225 Eastview Drive, Central Islip, NY 11722

For more information, contact the Long Island Housing Partnership at 631-435-4710.

To register by phone or email: Kim Nicolich 631-761-7064, knicolich@tourolaw.edu

Note: Continuing education credits available