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Training Spotlight: St. Petersburg, FL
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"I strongly recommend utilization of the services of Fair Housing First. They provide excellent training and materials produced by a dynamic group of trainers and
resource persons. The training was very well received with a number of participants indicating that they will immediately begin to implement what they learned."
- Leon W. Russell, Chair
Pinellas County Fair Housing Partnership
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FIRST Spotlight:
Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST in St. Petersburg, Florida
FIRST Trainer: Sara Pratt, Attorney, Fair Housing Consultant
- Sara Pratt has over 25 years experience with the Fair Housing Act
and other civil rights issues as an attorney, trainer, expert witness, and consultant.
She coordinated HUD's national fair housing enforcement as Director of the Office of
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity's Office of Enforcement. Additionally, Ms. Pratt has
extensive experience developing and conducting trainings regarding the Fair Housing Act.
She is currently serving as a Task Lead on the BearingPoint Team contracted by HUD to
develop a training and technical guidance program regarding the accessibility
requirements of the Fair Housing Act. In this capacity, she designed and authored
components of a comprehensive training curriculum.
Sponsor Organizations:
Pinellas County Fair Housing Partnership,
Pinellas County Office of Human Rights,
The City of St. Petersburg Department of Community Affairs,
City of St. Petersburg Department of Community Development,
The City of Largo, City of Clearwater,
Pinellas County Department of Community Development,
Gulfcoast Legal Services, Bay Area Apartment Association,
Pinellas Realtors Organization
and UNO Federation Community Services, Inc.
FIRST Modules Presented:
Fair Housing Act Accessibility
Requirements Overview (1 hour version), Common Design and Construction Violations
Audience:
Advocates, Attorneys, Housing Officials, Investigators,
Property Managers
Additional comments from FIRST training participants:
"Understandable to everyone - whether trained in construction and design or not."
"Well organized - excellent materials."
"The trainer was excellent...will use the manuals provided in the future."
"Made accessibility issues clear and applicable to those who are not disabled."
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Training sessions feature professional trainers well versed in Fair Housing.

Participants are provided with training materials that supplement the learning
during the session and serve as reference materials for use after the training.

Participants will put knowledge into practice through a series of exercises in each training module.

Training sessions are accredited through the American Institute of Architects and other occupations
such as realtors, code officials, and lawyers are also eligible for continuing education credits.
For more information on our training program, please see our
Training Materials,
Training Program and
Training Calendar pages!
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