Fair Housing Training
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") does not currently offer fair housing training. The Texas Workforce Commission ("TWC"), as the state agency in Texas responsible for receiving and investigating complaints under the Texas Fair Housing Act, offers free fair housing training upon request.
To request a training, visit TWC's Training page (www.twc.state.tx.us), call 512-463-2642, or email your request to CRDTraining@twc.state.tx.us.
TDHCA Approved Fair Housing Trainers
TDHCA requires at least five hours of TDHCA approved fair housing training for Development Owners, management companies, and Development architects or engineers responsible for fair housing compliance.
Training Certifications must be submitted as part of post bond closing documentation (for Multifamily Bond transactions) and documentation submitted for the 10 Percent Test (for Housing Tax Credits). Fair housing training for all other programs should be submitted for review to the program area as part of the Affirmative Marketing Plan.
Current list is updated as of 3/2/2018. Approved trainers are listed below:
Architects and Engineers
- Accessology, Inc.
(www.accessology.com/events-training/) - E&A Team, Inc.
Fair Housing Act & Section 504 Design Requirements for MF Housing (https://eandateam.learnupon.com/store/35027) - Fair Housing Accessibility First
Eleven accessibility modules presented individually or in any combination (www.fairhousingfirst.org)
Property Owners and Managers
- E&A Team, Inc.
Fair Housing Leasing and Management Issues
(https://eandateam.learnupon.com/store/205832) - Edge2Learn
“Fair Housing,” “FAIR Leasing…FRIENDLY Leasing: Fair Housing Friendly Leasing,” and “Don’t Freak Out About Fair Housing” (www.edge2learn.com) - Fair Housing Council of Greater San Antonio(www.myfairhousing.org/programsservices.html)
- Franklin Companies (franklincompanies.com)
Email - K. Ryan Baldwin, rbaldwin@franklinmgt.net
(469) 487-6697 - Grace Hill, Inc.
Fair Housing & Fair Housing II (www.gracehill.com) – note, this training platform is geared more towards companies and not individuals - GROW Learning Management System (www.growlearning.com)
Multifamily Fair Housing Training for All Levels
Email Annie Bing, annie.bing@growlearning.com - Hoover Slovacek LLP Attorneys at Law
(http://hooverslovacek.com/attorneys/howard-bookstaff/) - National Affordable Housing Management Association
Fair Housing Compliance™ (FHC™) (www.nahma.org) - National Apartment Association Education Institute
Fair Housing and Beyond (www.naahq.org) - National Center for Housing Management
Fair Housing Specialist (www.nchm.org) - RealPage EasyLMS
(https://www.realpage.com/services/learning-management-system/) - Spectrum Seminars
Fair Housing / Section 504 (www.spectrumseminars.com) - Texas Housing Association
Fair Housing and Disability Rights (http://www.txtha.org/index.php/tha-classes/) - Whitney Management Corp. (https://www.whitneymgmt.com/)
Dawn Hamilton (dhamilton@whitneymgmt.com) - Yardi eLearning (http://www.yardi.com/products/elearning/)
The Fair Housing Compliance 100 and Fair Housing Compliance for Maintenance 110/120 are available in English & Spanish. Both classes may be taken to meet the TDHCA 5 hour minimum requirement.
Other Free Training Resources
TDHCA does not generally accept the below as meeting the fair housing training requirement; however, these resources include pages that may supplement other trainings or provide guidance for persons who are not required to meet the training requirements above.
HUD YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/user/HUDchannel)
The ADA Basic Building Blocks Course (www.adabasics.org)
The ADA National Network (adata.org)
The Equal Rights Center (www.equalrightscenter.org)
The National Fair Housing Alliance (fairhousingresourcecenter.wordpress.com)
HUD Fair Housing Webinars (hud.gov)
View the Texas State Fair Housing Calendar
TDHCA lists upcoming Texas fair housing trainings and events on a consolidated calendar as a community service. To add your fair housing event, please contact us.
How Do I Become a TDHCA Approved Trainer?
Providers who wish to be added to the Fair Housing Training page should review the Updated Request for Qualifications from Fair Housing Training Providers (PDF). The RFQ criteria have been revised and are effective January 1, 2018.
Materials should be submitted in Word or PDF format only. Contact Cate Tracz, Fair Housing Project manager, at 512-475-4595 with questions or submit your materials to cate.tracz@tdhca.state.tx.us.
