Legal Fair Housing with Will Brownlee
PTAA Loebsack & Brownlee, PLLC
7015 Albert Pick RoadSte D
Greensboro, NC 27409-9542
United States
Event Details
A comprehensive review of Fair Housing laws, this seminar will discuss both fundamental and advanced topics – something for everyone, whether you are a long-time industry veteran or brand new to the housing industry. Topics will include:
Review of the federal and NC Fair Housing Acts and their respective protected classes.
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- Discuss various forms of discrimination, including disparate impact and its evolution and the current federal administration’s rulings in this area.
- Delve into areas increasingly affected by disparate impact discrimination, including ever-changing litigation and enforcement.
- Invest particular emphasis on two protected classes that currently account for roughly two-thirds of all Fair Housing claims filed: family status and disability discrimination.
- Dive into Emotional support animals (ESAs) and the latest HUD (and caselaw) guidance.
- Quick snapshots of the latest trends in FHA litigation around the country – with a forecast of what may be on the horizon.
- As always: As many of YOUR questions as we can pack into a day!
COST | PEP Members - $143 | Members $159
Registration is nonrefundable.
5 CEC's
For More Information:
Will Brownlee is an attorney licensed in NC, SC, and GA, and is the co-founder of two law firms serving landlords: Loebsack & Brownlee, PLLC and Brownlee Whitlow & Praet, PLLC. Over the course of his career, Will has focused entirely on all aspects of landlord-tenant law, including fair housing defense. In his service to the housing industry, Will has served on state and local apartment association boards, as well as serving as the Executive Director of the Apartment Association of NC (AANC). Will was honored by being named to the AANC Hall of Fame in 2019, and more recently, as a member of the Apartment Association of Western North Carolina (AAWNC’s) Hall of Fame in 2025. In all, Will has served the rental industry for the last 28 years, though “semi-retiring” in 2018 but continuing to serve as Of Counsel for the two law firms bearing his name and still regularly appears in court for clients along the coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia. When not appearing in court or teaching, Will loves spending time and traveling to new places with his wife, a now-retired property manager who leased Will his first apartment, thus beginning Will's love affair with the rental industry.