Upcoming Events
Spring 2010

April is National Fair Housing Month.

NFHTA will post up coming events in celebration of this special month.

Homer C. Floyd

is this year's recipient of The Patricia Roberts Harris Life Time Achievement Pioneer Award. At a special ceremony presented by The National Fair Housing Training Academy in celebration of National Fair Housing Month, Mr. Floyd was recognized as an individual who has contributed to the advancement of fair housing practices and the eradication of civil and human rights violations.
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Stella Adams Joins National Fair Housing Training Academy Staff

The Graduate School/Patricia Roberts Harris National Fair Housing Training Academy is pleased to announce that Stella Adams has joined the staff and will serve as the Program Director of Curriculum and Instruction.
Ms. Adams is a fair housing and fair lending consultant, and the former Executive Director of the award-winning North Carolina Fair Housing Center.
As the founder and CEO of S J Adams Consulting, Ms. Adams performed research and policy development in the areas of fair housing, and fair lending.
Ms. Adams has testified before Congress on many occasions and is the recipient of the 2006 Individual Achievement Award of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies, 2005 Civil Rights Award granted by the National Association of Human Rights Workers and has received the 2004 HUD FHEO Pioneer Award for her work in fighting predatory lending and the 2004 National Fair Housing Alliance Fair Lending Advocacy Award.
Ms. Adams served on the Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council (2005-2008), which advises the Board on the exercise of its responsibilities under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Ms. Adams currently serves on the following Boards and Commissions: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition; The National Association of Human Rights Workers; The North Carolina Advisory Committee to the US Civil Rights Commission; The NC Legislative Commission on Racial, Ethnic and Religious Discrimination; and The NC Conference of the NAACP.

NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING TRAINING ACADEMY GETS PERMANENT HOME

Academy will offer fair housing training at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School. Fair housing advocates and attorneys throughout the country now have a state-of-the-art teaching facility where they can learn the most creative and effective strategies for addressing unlawful housing discrimination. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on October 27, celebrated the opening of the National Fair Housing Training Academy’s permanent home at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School.

Named in memory of Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris, former HUD Secretary and the first African-American woman appointed to a Cabinet post, the Academy is the first and only governmental institution in the nation that provides fair housing training for advocates and lawyers responsible for enforcing Federal and state fair housing laws.

“The impressive facility will serve as the center of professional development for the nation's civil rights professionals, particularly HUD’s Fair Housing Assistance Program partner agencies,” said Kim Kendrick, HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. “The Academy staff is working hand-in-hand with HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity to ensure that students receive the kind of in-depth instruction that prepares them to address the latest fair housing trends and challenges.”

Since opening its doors in August 2004, more than 2,700 students have taken one or more of the five core courses. More than 252 individuals have completed all five courses. Some of the core courses include: fair housing law and ethics, psychological impact of discrimination, negotiation skills, reasonable accommodation and modification, and litigating fair housing cases. Advance courses cover such topics as accessibility, lending discrimination and predatory lending, and conciliation strategies.