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Housing Law Overview Participants
Marie Contreras, Rosemary French
March 28, 2008
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Welcome! Housing Law Overview,
November 13-14, will be held at American
Friends Service Committee, 65 Ninth Street, San Francisco 94103.
Click here for directions, parking and nearby affordable lodging
(PDF).
Both days of the training begin
promptly at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. Please arrive between 8:00
a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to receive your materials. Continental breakfast and
lunch are provided for both days.
Thursday, November 13
Please
complete these exercises before the training. We will review this
information in the first two sessions.
Exercise 1
Bring
at least one news story from any source (for example, newspaper, web,
radio, TV) that raises affordable housing issues in your community. Be
prepared to summarize it very briefly.
Exercise 2
Answer the
Affordable
Housing Quiz (pdf). Compare your answers to the responses. Be prepared
to discuss what surprised you or didn't surprise you about the answers.
Exercise 3
Complete
Match the Organization
with the Acronym (pdf).
Exercise 4
Read
Designing
An Affordable Housing Plan (pdf)
and jot down your responses. This
exercise lays the groundwork for understanding Housing Law basics by
drawing on your own experiences and knowledge about housing and
communities. You will complete this exercise in a group of 8-10 people
at the beginning of the training.
Exercise 5
Answer the questions in
the
Housing Law Overview Introduction Exercise
and bring it with you to the training.
We look forward to seeing you
on November 13 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to check in. Call us at
415/695-9296 if you have any questions.
Friday, November 14
Please
complete this exercise before the training. We will review this
information in the first session.
Exercise 1
Review your
answers to the
Affordable
Housing Quiz (pdf). Compare your
responses to the answers and be prepared to discuss what surprised you
or didn't surprise you about the answers.
Exercise
2
Please answer the
questions in
Eviction Defense
Introduction Exercise
and bring it
with you to the training.
We look forward to seeing you
on November 14 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to check in. Please call
us at 415/695-9296, if you have any questions.
P.S.
You will receive a binder
of materials each day of the training. Guide to Housing Problems of
Low Income Clients (Day One) contains several hundred pages in a
binder (11x12x4). Eviction Defense Handbook (Day Two) contains
300 pages in a binder (11x12x2).
Consider a backpack or some other means
of carrying them.
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