[Durham INC] Durham Fair Housing Conference April 21

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

 

 

For Immediate Release:  April 15, 2011

 

 

Durham Hosts Fair Housing Conference April 21

Free Conference Open to the Public; R.S.V.P. Required by April 19

 

What:              Durham Hosts Fair Housing Conference 

 

Who:               City of Durham Human Relations and Community Development Departments as well as the Durham Housing Authority

 

When:             Thursday, April 21, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

 

Where:            Holton Career and Resource Center

                        401 N. Driver Street

Durham, N.C.  27703

 

Fast Facts:

·         For many years, the obligation to 'affirmatively further fair housing' (AFFH) lay dormant, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) did not challenge the AFFH certifications of cities and counties that received Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and other federal funds. As a result, billions of federal dollars have been spent reinforcing segregated housing patterns. False Claims Act litigation against Westchester County, New York, secured a landmark settlement agreement, and revived HUD's interest in enforcing the AFFH and other civil rights obligations of recipients. 

 

·         In honor of April as Fair Housing Month, registered attendees to this one-day conference will learn about developments since the Westchester case as well as how participants can use AFFH in their own communities to dismantle segregation and expand housing choices.

 

·         Seminar Agenda:

o   8:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. ― Welcome and Greetings by Delilah Donaldson, interim director of the City's Human Relations Department; City Council Member Michael Woodard; and Deputy City Manager Keith Chadwell.

o   9 a.m. to 10 a.m. ― "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: The Vision for Healthy Communities," by Dave Youngblood, fair housing and equal opportunity director with the HUD Greensboro District Office.

o   10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ― "Using the Fair Housing Act to Forge More Racially and Economically Integrated Communities," by Attorney Michael Allen, who co-counseled the Westchester County, New York landmark case.

o   1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. ― "What Durham is Doing to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing" Panel Discussion including Delilah Donaldson, interim director of the City's Human Relations Department; Willie "Sonny" McMahand, chief operating officer of the Durham Housing Authority; and Mike Barros, director of the City's Community Development Department.

 

·         This conference is free and open to the public and lunch will be provided to registered attendees only. Attendees are asked to pre-register to attend the conference by Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at (919) 560-4107, ext. 24240.

 

·         For more information about this seminar, contact Interim Director Delilah Donaldson with the City's Human Relations Department, at (919) 560-4107, ext. 24246, via e-mail at Delilah.Donaldson at DurhamNC.gov, or visit the City's website at www.DurhamNC.gov/Departments/Relations/pdf/fh_event_flyer.pdf.  

 

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