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Video: Nuisance and Crime-Free Ordinances and Their Impact on Housing Access for Survivors

Registration and Payment

All videos are free for survivors of domestic violence / intimate partner abuse and the people who support them; California nonprofit / legal aid employees; private attorneys currently representing a survivor of domestic violence pro bono in California; members of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence; and members of Legal Aid Association of California.

All others (including private attorneys), please pay before viewing. $35 per video. Click here to pay for viewing this training. In the comments section, please include the name(s) of the training(s) you are paying for. (Payment for training does not count as a tax-deductible donation.)

MCLE Credit

Credit is available for California attorneys only. Instructions for receiving MCLE credit will be provided on each video webpage. Please allow 5-7 business days to receive your certificate.

Nuisance and Crime-Free Ordinances and Their Impact on Housing Access for Survivors

In this webinar presenters from FVAP and National Housing Law Project (NHLP) discuss nuisance ordinances and crime-free housing policies and how they often punish survivors of domestic and sexual violence for seeking help from police or other emergency services. This webinar also explains how California law now protects tenants, including survivors, from being evicted or punished because of calls for police or other emergency services (such as ambulances).

Below the video, in the Accompanying Materials section on this webpage, you can find PDF documents of the PowerPoint slide decks and the MCLE Evaluation Form for this training.

Presenter: Taylor Campion, FVAP Employment & Housing Justice Attorney and Kara Brodfuehrer, NHLP
MCLE Credit: .75 of General MCLE credit (Instructions on applying for MCLE credit below video. Available for CA attorneys only.) Closed captioning available.

Accompanying Materials

To download the files that accompany this training video, click on the name of the file below.

The Right to a Safe Home Act-Slides
Third Party Verification Letter Template
MCLE Evaluation Form

National Housing Law Project Relevant Resource

Local Nuisance Ordinances: Impacts on Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence – Information and Resource Packet for California Advocates

MCLE Credit

To receive one-half hour of MCLE credit for watching this webinar, please download and complete the above Evaluation Form, then email it to training@fvaplaw.org. (Be sure to download the form and save it to your device before entering your information.) Available for CA attorneys only. By submitting this form you are certifying that you viewed the entire presentation, and are electronically signing an attendance record.