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 Full-day On-site Training Session

Loan Applications and Modifications:
How to Ensure Your Client’s Fair Lending Rights are Preserved

Did you know that mortgage servicing as well as mortgage applications are covered by fair housing and fair lending laws? Learn how to identify fair lending violations in the mortgage application and loan modification process to strengthen your client’s negotiating position with a lender or mortgage servicer. Find out how to refer victims to local and federal agencies.

Veterans and newer professionals with a commitment to fair lending are invited to attend a full-day training session offered by the National Fair Housing Alliance in 15 cities. Registration is free but you must register in advance — attendance is limited to 80 people on a first come, first served basis.

Training participants will each receive a Certificate of Completion.

Training Session:
Loan Applications and Modifications:
How to Ensure Your Client’s Fair Lending Rights are Preserved

When and Where: See the full list of on-site trainings at right. The next upcoming training sessions are:
March 27 2012 in Dallas
March 29 2012 in New Orleans

What: See the list of topics in this PDF document.

How: Register by going to one of the following registration pages:
March 27 2012 in Dallas
March 29 2012 in New Orleans

Session Description: The session will provide an overview of fair lending and equal credit opportunity laws and help participants identify fair housing and fair lending violations in the mortgage application and loss mitigation process. Learn how fair lending laws apply to obtaining a mortgage, resolving a mortgage default and mortgage loan servicing practices and procedures.

Who Should Attend: The trainings are available on a first come, first served basis to employees of fair housing organizations, Fair Housing Assistance Programs, nonprofit housing counseling agencies, consumer protection agencies, disability rights organizations, and local, state and federal agencies.

Training Facility: Fully accessible — see the registration pages for specific cities for additional information.

More Information: Please contact Diane Cipollone, Director, Fair Lending Training Program, at dcipollone@nationalfairhousing.org or at 202-898-1661.

  Training Program Summary

Welcome to the National Fair Housing Alliance Fair Lending Training Program page. The Training Program is funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program.

The Program will offer on-site and web-based training sessions to 2,000 employees of fair housing organizations, Fair Housing Assistance Programs, nonprofit housing counseling agencies, consumer protection agencies, and local jurisdictions addressing fair housing, fair lending, loan scam and foreclosure prevention issues. Registration is free for all trainings.

For the on-site trainings, participants will incur only travel, hotel and per diem costs (such as for breakfast and lunch).

Please check our website regularly for updates about future training sessions.

  On-site Trainings

The curriculum for the full day training is the same for all locations, except for the presentation by a local attorney about the respective state’s foreclosure laws and information from NFHA’s local members regarding complaint referral procedures.

Registration is now open for the following locations:

March 27 2012 in Dallas TX

March 29 2012 in New Orleans

Future dates TBA — Please check our website regularly for future training dates and locations. All training facilities will be fully-accessible.

Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas: March 27 2012
Detroit
New Orleans: March 29 2012

New York City

Oakland, CA
Phoenix
St. Louis

Washington, DC (second date to be announced later)

To date we have had the following training sessions:
September 26 2011: Baltimore
November 14 2011: Atlanta
November 17 2011: Fort Lauderdale
December 5 2011: Philadelphia
January 30 2012: Riverside, CA
February 14 2012: Washington, DC

  Web-based Trainings

The curriculum for the 90-minute webinars varies by date.

Future dates TBA — Please check our website regularly for updates on webinar dates.

Six 90-minute Webinars on basic Fair Housing and Fair Lending Issues

  1. Identifying Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Scams: October 31 2011
  2. Basic Principles of Fair Housing Laws: November 30 2011, December 14 2011
  3. Identification of Fair Housing Violations and the Administrative/Legal Process
  4. Housing Discrimination Complaint Resolution, Relief and Remedies
  5. Is the Loan Originator Complying with RESPA? — Examining the New Good Faith Estimate and New HUD-1 Settlement Statements: January 25 2012
  6. Obtaining a “Making Home Affordable” Loan Modification

Four 90-minute Webinars with Emphasis on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (final topics TBA)

This second series of webinars may cover topics such as:

  • Discrimination in the Maintenance and Distribution of Bank-Owned Foreclosued Properties
  • Addressing Fair Lending and Fair Housing Issues for Consumers with Limited English Proficiency and Persons with Disabilities
  • Participating in the Analysis of Impediments and Fair Housing Planning Process
  • Promoting Diverse Communities and Developing Successful Affirmative Marketing Plans

Final topics will be developed based on feedback from participants in the other trainings offered through the Fair Lending Training Program.

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