Presenter: Holly Robinson, the ABA Commission on Law and Aging
Aisha Berman, the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

Fair Housing Act rights provide important protections for residents of assisted living facilities and other long term care settings. But because assisted living facilities and similar facilities are solely regulated by the states, and state statutes and administrative rules don't address specific Fair Housing Act rights, there is widespread unawareness about their applicability.

This session will review the basics of the Fair Housing Act and its application to seniors with "activity limiting conditions" in a variety of long term care settings, including assisted living. The session will focus on discriminatory evictions, discriminatory admissions decisions, discriminatory terms and conditions of tenancy, and the right to reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, and services. The session will also provide information on ways to advocate for and exercise the important fair housing rights of seniors living in these settings.

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