Mediation board for property owners and residents.Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) and the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Apartment Association announces the HOME/ GCNKAA GCNKAA Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Apartment Association (Covington, KY) Mediation Project, funded by a grant from the Agnes & Murray Seasongood Murray Seasongood (October 27, 1878-February 21, 1983) served as the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1926-1930. After his tenure as mayor, Seasongood was appointed as professor of law at Harvard University. He was named as one of the 100 Greatest Ohio Citizens in 1974. Good Government Foundation. The project will mediate Fair Housing disputes that have a fair housing basis between residents and property owners/managers. The purpose of the HOME/GCNKAA project is to avoid lengthy and costly litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Mediation will be offered as an option to HOME clients who have claims of bias against property owners/managers. Both sides must agree to mediate. If mediation fails to resolve the dispute, both parties are free to pursue court actions or administrative complaints. The mediation project will be governed by a volunteer board comprised of three appointees from HOME and three appointees from GCNKAA. "This collaboration between a Fair Housing advocacy group and an apartment association is unique. We have always supported safe, fair, quality housing and this will be a win for everyone involved," said Mark Franks, executive vice president of GCNKAA. Charles Tassell, director of governmental affairs for GCNKAA, said, "This partnership and mediation board will help move this region beyond our current litigious litigious adj. referring to a person who constantly brings or prolongs legal actions, particularly when the legal maneuvers are unnecessary or unfounded. Such persons often enjoy legal battles, controversy, the courtroom, the spotlight, use the courts to punish state and make strides toward solving very real problems one issue at a time." Karla Irvine, executive director of HOME, said she, "considers it another weapon in HOME's arsenal to fight housing discrimination. Mediated settlements can often provide broader relief to victims of discrimination than court actions. We are very grateful to Seasongood for seeing the merit of this pilot project." Gary Sanzone, president of the Institute of Real Estate Management This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (IREM IREM Institute of Real Estate Management (Chicago, Illinois) IREM Institute of Real Estate Managers IREM Integrated Research, Evaluation, and System Analysis Model IREM Infra-Red Emission Microscopy ) and a GCNKAA board member, said, "This is a move in the right direction. By forging this partnership we are all encouraging Fair Housing." GCNKAA appointees to the mediation project board include: Jim Cohen, Community Management Corporation and GCNKAA past president; John Rosenberg, Associated Land Group and a third member to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. later. HOME appointees include: Harriet Kaufman, Lillian Santa Maria and Joyce Che. |
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