Events

Past Events

Fair Housing In Practice Workshop

The Fair Housing In Practice Workshop series provides an introduction to fair housing topics for developers and managing agents working with HPD. These workshops will focus on the fair housing obligations created by federal, state and local fair housing laws.

Fair Housing In Practice Workshop
Monday, April 9, 2018, 2:00-4:00pm
100 Gold Street Room 8F-14
New York, NY 10038

Fair Housing Symposium 2017

On Thursday, April 27, 2017, hundreds of New Yorkers convened at Hostos College in the Bronx for the 5th Annual Fair Housing Symposium, hosted by the NYC Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The full-day symposium was broken down into two parts: one for tenants to learn about their rights, and another for housing providers to learn about their responsibilities. View our Photo Album from the event, and watch these notable videos (recorded live):

Commissioner Carmelyn Malalis and Keynote Speaker Jarrett Murphy

NYC Council Member Vanessa Gibson and Public Advocate Letitia James

Millicent Carty, a Brooklyn mom who suffered from housing discrimination

Fair Housing Symposium 2016

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, the NYC Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development co-hosted the Annual Fair Housing Symposium, with a discussion on combatting tenant harassment and source of income discrimination. The event is open to the public.

View photos from the Symposium.

Fair Housing Symposium 2015

In 2015, the annual Symposium was held on June 18. The Symposium featured experts from a number of different fields, who discussed a variety of topics, including:

Housing rights for people with disabilities;
Housing discrimination issues involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; and
Fair housing issues for immigrants and immigrant communities

View the quick recap video and photos from the Symposium.