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Credit Builder Workshop @ Urban Cafe Studio
Host:
Justine Petersen
Thursday, November 5, 2009
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: 2815 North 14th Street
St. Louis, MO 63107
Description
Join the Justine Petersen Credit Club on NOV 5th @ Urban Cafe Studio (FREE WORKSHOP)No reservation required BUT encouraged
RSVP via Facebook or email @ kschell@justinepetersen.org
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Showing posts with label Housing News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Housing News. Show all posts
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
justinePETERSEN Responds to Economic Downturn
http://www.justinepetersen.org/
Justine Petersen Responds to Economic Downturn
Justine Petersen is experiencing a significant increase in the demand for its services as a result of the sharp economic downturn and housing crisis. At Justine Petersen, we have a proven track record of helping individuals who are unable to secure conventional financing to buy homes and start small businesses; a position of more and more Americans.
With the increase in unemployment, many are turning toward entrepreneurship to take matters into their own hands and create jobs for themselves and others affected by the economic downturn. Read this story about Justine Petersen client Chris Surgener that ran on the front page of the St. Louis Post Dispatch on Sunday March 1.
Justine Petersen in 2008 distributed $1.8 million in microloans to help 295 entrepreneurs start small businesses in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. This is a powerful counter to the headlines about the economic crisis - and its happening right here in our neighborhoods.
Justine Petersen is actively helping area families purchase homes with safe and affordable financing, and educating them on how to use credit wisely. Even in the midst of the economic downturn, Justine Petersen is at the forefront of innovative solutions to continue to get families into homes. When families have nowhere else to turn for financing, Justine Petersen is there with real solutions. Read about Laurie Griffith's experience with Justine Petersen's homebuyer seminar.
Justine Petersen last year helped 224 families purchase homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
How can you get involved? NOW, more than ever, Justine Petersen needs you to be a part of the solution for St. Louis communities to today's economic crisis. Volunteer to assist with credit and financial education classes. Donate to Justine Petersen's entrepreneurial training or loan fund. Thinking of refinancing? Justine Petersen offers a Home-to-Home Mortgage product where the revenue generated from Home-to-Home Mortgages supports homebuyer education. We need you to be part of the solution.
To Learn More About Justine Petersen, visit our webpage.
http://www.justinepetersen.org/
justinePETERSEN (central offices)
1023 N. Grand Ave
St. Louis, MO 63106
314-664-5051
justBIZ (Illinois Location)
@ Emerson Park Metro Station
908 N 11th Street
East St. Louis, IL 62201
618-482-4557 or 314-565-2000
Justine Petersen Responds to Economic Downturn
Justine Petersen is experiencing a significant increase in the demand for its services as a result of the sharp economic downturn and housing crisis. At Justine Petersen, we have a proven track record of helping individuals who are unable to secure conventional financing to buy homes and start small businesses; a position of more and more Americans.
With the increase in unemployment, many are turning toward entrepreneurship to take matters into their own hands and create jobs for themselves and others affected by the economic downturn. Read this story about Justine Petersen client Chris Surgener that ran on the front page of the St. Louis Post Dispatch on Sunday March 1.
Justine Petersen in 2008 distributed $1.8 million in microloans to help 295 entrepreneurs start small businesses in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. This is a powerful counter to the headlines about the economic crisis - and its happening right here in our neighborhoods.
Justine Petersen is actively helping area families purchase homes with safe and affordable financing, and educating them on how to use credit wisely. Even in the midst of the economic downturn, Justine Petersen is at the forefront of innovative solutions to continue to get families into homes. When families have nowhere else to turn for financing, Justine Petersen is there with real solutions. Read about Laurie Griffith's experience with Justine Petersen's homebuyer seminar.
Justine Petersen last year helped 224 families purchase homes in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
How can you get involved? NOW, more than ever, Justine Petersen needs you to be a part of the solution for St. Louis communities to today's economic crisis. Volunteer to assist with credit and financial education classes. Donate to Justine Petersen's entrepreneurial training or loan fund. Thinking of refinancing? Justine Petersen offers a Home-to-Home Mortgage product where the revenue generated from Home-to-Home Mortgages supports homebuyer education. We need you to be part of the solution.
To Learn More About Justine Petersen, visit our webpage.
http://www.justinepetersen.org/
justinePETERSEN (central offices)
1023 N. Grand Ave
St. Louis, MO 63106
314-664-5051
justBIZ (Illinois Location)
@ Emerson Park Metro Station
908 N 11th Street
East St. Louis, IL 62201
618-482-4557 or 314-565-2000
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Fair Housing and GLBT Inclusiveness Training
www.ColbyKluthe.com
You are invited to a free Fair Housing and GLBT Inclusiveness Training for Senior Housing Providers
Are you an inclusive community?
Do your advertisements show models that represent the diversity of our metropolitan area?
Do you ask questions about a person's disability or require a medical evaluation as part of their housing application?
Does your advertising reflect a preference for people of a particular religion?
Do you provide an inclusive community for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender elders?
The Fair Housing Act covers senior housing providers, including CCRCs, "independent living" senior communities, assisted living facilities, residential care facilities and skilled nursing facilities and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, familial status (exemption for qualified senior housing providers) and disability. Additional state and local laws may prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Come and learn about your responsibilities under our fair housing laws and join in a discussion about how to create an inclusive community.
Senior Housing Providers Face Liabilities under Fair Housing Act
Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc. v. Peninsula United Methodist Homes, Inc.: Peninsula United Methodist Homes owns and operates retirement communities in Maryland and Delaware. The suit challenged the exclusive and extensive use of white human models in advertising. In settling the suit, Peninsula United Methodist Home agreed to spend $20,000 for affirmative recruitment of black residents for retirement communities it operates. It has also agreed to waive a total of $78,000 in entry fees for new black residents and to assure that at least one in four human models in real estate ads are black. Peninsula also paid damages to BNI Inc.
United States v. Resurrection Retirement Community, Inc.: The Justice Department brought a "pattern or practice" complaint against a 500-unit retirement community, alleging that the defendant's FHA violations included discouraging prospective residents who used wheelchairs and requiring applicants to submit to medical assessments conducted by the defendant's employees as a condition of residency. The case is significant not only because it demonstrates the ongoing resistance of senior housing providers-including large, market-rate retirement communities-to abandoning their "independent living" requirements, but also as a demonstration of the federal government's commitment to challenging such requirements as part of its FHA enforcement responsibilities. The Resurrection case ultimately resulted in a consent decree under which the defendant, in addition to paying $220,000 in monetary damages and penalties, agreed to rescind its "independent living" and medical-exam policies.
Armstrong v. Senior Citizens Housing of Ann Arbor, Inc.: A retirement complex's rejection of applicant based on her inability to satisfy the complex's "live independently" requirement was held to violate state law's prohibition of disability discrimination in housing.
United States v. Covenant Retirement Community (E.D. Cal.)
The Department of Justice alleged that Chicago-based Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc., and its subsidiaries violated the Fair Housing Act by employing policies that: required residents of retirement communities who used motorized mobility aids to obtain personal liability insurance, demonstrate their competence at operating the motorized aid, and provide physician's certifications of need; they barred residents and visitors from using mobility aids in certain common areas, including dining rooms; and steered persons with mobility impairments from independent living to assisted living. A 2007 consent order required Covenant to allow residents and guests to use their mobility aids throughout the complexes without conditions. The Defendants will also establish a $530,000 settlement fund for persons who may have been injured by their policies, pay residents who were tested $250 (and such additional damages as they may have suffered), and pay a $30,000 civil penalty. The consent order also calls for employee training, a nondiscrimination policy, record keeping, and monitoring. The consent order remains in effect for three years.
United States v. Reeves & Red Oaks Assisted Living, Inc.: The complaint, filed on June 6, 2005, alleged that Defendants Susan Reeves, Richard Reeves, and Red Oaks Assisted Living, Inc. discriminated against the complainant because she was HIV positive. On June 9, 2005, the court entered a consent decree which requires the defendants to pay $3,500 to the complainant, and follow requirements for record-keeping and training.
Time/Date:
1 - 4 PM,
Feb. 25, 2009
Place:
Tower Grove Manor 2710 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Register Now!
Click to send an email. Please include your name (as you would like it to appear on a certificate), job title, company / agency, and contact information.
You are invited to a free Fair Housing and GLBT Inclusiveness Training for Senior Housing Providers
Are you an inclusive community?
Do your advertisements show models that represent the diversity of our metropolitan area?
Do you ask questions about a person's disability or require a medical evaluation as part of their housing application?
Does your advertising reflect a preference for people of a particular religion?
Do you provide an inclusive community for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender elders?
The Fair Housing Act covers senior housing providers, including CCRCs, "independent living" senior communities, assisted living facilities, residential care facilities and skilled nursing facilities and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, familial status (exemption for qualified senior housing providers) and disability. Additional state and local laws may prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Come and learn about your responsibilities under our fair housing laws and join in a discussion about how to create an inclusive community.
Senior Housing Providers Face Liabilities under Fair Housing Act
Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc. v. Peninsula United Methodist Homes, Inc.: Peninsula United Methodist Homes owns and operates retirement communities in Maryland and Delaware. The suit challenged the exclusive and extensive use of white human models in advertising. In settling the suit, Peninsula United Methodist Home agreed to spend $20,000 for affirmative recruitment of black residents for retirement communities it operates. It has also agreed to waive a total of $78,000 in entry fees for new black residents and to assure that at least one in four human models in real estate ads are black. Peninsula also paid damages to BNI Inc.
United States v. Resurrection Retirement Community, Inc.: The Justice Department brought a "pattern or practice" complaint against a 500-unit retirement community, alleging that the defendant's FHA violations included discouraging prospective residents who used wheelchairs and requiring applicants to submit to medical assessments conducted by the defendant's employees as a condition of residency. The case is significant not only because it demonstrates the ongoing resistance of senior housing providers-including large, market-rate retirement communities-to abandoning their "independent living" requirements, but also as a demonstration of the federal government's commitment to challenging such requirements as part of its FHA enforcement responsibilities. The Resurrection case ultimately resulted in a consent decree under which the defendant, in addition to paying $220,000 in monetary damages and penalties, agreed to rescind its "independent living" and medical-exam policies.
Armstrong v. Senior Citizens Housing of Ann Arbor, Inc.: A retirement complex's rejection of applicant based on her inability to satisfy the complex's "live independently" requirement was held to violate state law's prohibition of disability discrimination in housing.
United States v. Covenant Retirement Community (E.D. Cal.)
The Department of Justice alleged that Chicago-based Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc., and its subsidiaries violated the Fair Housing Act by employing policies that: required residents of retirement communities who used motorized mobility aids to obtain personal liability insurance, demonstrate their competence at operating the motorized aid, and provide physician's certifications of need; they barred residents and visitors from using mobility aids in certain common areas, including dining rooms; and steered persons with mobility impairments from independent living to assisted living. A 2007 consent order required Covenant to allow residents and guests to use their mobility aids throughout the complexes without conditions. The Defendants will also establish a $530,000 settlement fund for persons who may have been injured by their policies, pay residents who were tested $250 (and such additional damages as they may have suffered), and pay a $30,000 civil penalty. The consent order also calls for employee training, a nondiscrimination policy, record keeping, and monitoring. The consent order remains in effect for three years.
United States v. Reeves & Red Oaks Assisted Living, Inc.: The complaint, filed on June 6, 2005, alleged that Defendants Susan Reeves, Richard Reeves, and Red Oaks Assisted Living, Inc. discriminated against the complainant because she was HIV positive. On June 9, 2005, the court entered a consent decree which requires the defendants to pay $3,500 to the complainant, and follow requirements for record-keeping and training.
Time/Date:
1 - 4 PM,
Feb. 25, 2009
Place:
Tower Grove Manor 2710 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Register Now!
Click to send an email. Please include your name (as you would like it to appear on a certificate), job title, company / agency, and contact information.
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