LANDLORD FORUM: Fair and Inclusive Housing

1050 6th Avenue,Des Moines IA 50314

18 April, 2023

Description

Landlords, property owners, and property management professionals are essential to meeting housing needs in our community. Each year, Landlord Forum highlights resources, leaders, and ideas to help make sure every resident relationship is successful. This is a free educational eventContentental breakfast is includedIn addition to the presentations offered, participants will discover a wide range of helpful community resources and networking opportunities.Thank you to City of Des Moines Civil & Human Rights for making this year's event possible. Featuring a special focus on fair and inclusive housing.Learning about fair housing best practices helps property owners and managers ensure your business is in compliance with all applicable laws. It can also help build strong relationships with your residents and ensure everyone is treated with respect and dignity. This can help build resident retention and the success of your business overall! Meet your presentersStacey Kimberlin, Director of DEI Planning, CultureALLStacey Kimberlin is Director of DEI Planning for CultureALL. Stacey believes in the power of real-life experiences and personal narratives to build empathy and community. She is a Certified Diversity Professional® and an experienced facilitator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®). She leads CultureALL’s core team of IDI® Qualified Administrators and meets with clients to interpret their profile data related to intercultural competence. She designs, creates, and facilitates workshops, focus groups, and planning and training sessions to produce more inclusive environments in communities, worksites, and schools. She coaches leaders and their employees through their intercultural development. Mathew Gore, attorney, Iowa Civil Rights CommissionMathew Gore is a 2015 graduate of Drake University Law School, and has been employed with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission since 2016. Mathew is currently a staff attorney with the Commission; he previously worked as an investigator in the Commission’s Housing section for four years, and served as the Housing Lead Worker for one year. Mathew also serves as the Commission’s point of contact for fair housing law questions from housing providers, and coordinates the Commission’s fair housing training and mediation programs.