Month: November 2015

For the third year, Chicago Real Estate Professionals is delighted to host a special program featuring highlights from the Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2016 report—a publication from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute.

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2016 is a trends and forecast publication with a 35-year history. It is the most highly-regarded and widely-read forecast report in the real estate industry. Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2016, undertaken jointly by PwC and ULI, provides an outlook on U.S. investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues.

Based on personal interviews with and surveys of more than 900 of the most influential leaders in the real estate industry, this forecast will give you a head-up on where to invest, which sectors and markets offer the best prospects, and trends in the capital markets that will affect real estate. A complimentary link to the report will be provided to all attendees.

Presenter:

Andrew Warren, Director of Real Estate Research, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Moderator:

Michael J. Delrahim, Managing Partner, Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim, Ltd.

This program will take place on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

East Bank Club

500 N Kingsbury Street, River Room

Chicago, IL

Last year’s event sold out! – Space is limited. R.S.V.P. before December 4.

Registration and Networking – 7:30 AM

Breakfast presentation – 8:00 AM

An understanding of the myriad of Federal, State and Municipal housing laws and their complexities is critical to landlords and property management companies as they implement open and inclusive fair housing practices, policies, procedures and trainings, and to avoid running afoul of legal requirements.

Join Chicago Real Estate Professionals (CREP) for a thought-provoking panel discussion and hear from a panel of experts on the paramount legal issues and challenges of understanding and complying with the various Federal, State and Municipal rental housing laws.

CREP is sponsored by the law firm of Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim, Ltd.

This panel will discuss how companies can utilize sound business practices which mitigate risk and strive to eliminate claims of illegal actions by landlords and possible lawsuits.

Panel topics covered include:
• An overview and understanding of the Federal, State and Municipal fair housing laws including: Fair Housing Act (FHA) and its duty to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance of Chicago;
• Best practices for the creation of sound decision and policy making when implementing procedures and trainings;
• Risk mitigation for potential claims; and
• Recent Federal, State and Municipal case law examples.

Panelists:
• Allison K. Bethel, Clinical Professor Director, Fair Housing Clinic, The John Marshall Law School
• Krusha Patel, Counsel, Pangea Properties
• Daniel Padilla, Inspector, Fair Housing, Illinois Department of Human Rights
• Shelley Smith, Partner, Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim, Ltd.

Moderator:
Michael J. Delrahim, Managing Partner, Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim, Ltd