Topics

• Requirements of the federal Fair Housing Act
• How to draft rules and regulations to avoid discrimination claims
• How to respond to a disabled owner’s request for a reasonable accommodation or modification
• Best practices to avoid a fair housing complaint
  

Raymond Via, Esq.,For more than 25 years, Raymond Via, Esq., has represented condominium and homeowners associations throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia with Whiteford Taylor Preston. He is experienced in all facets of association representation, including drafting and amending governing documents and has successfully litigated numerous cases involving community associations in both trial and appellate courts. Raymond is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan chapter of CAI and a past president of the Board of Directors of CAI’s Chesapeake chapter. He has written and lectured extensively on community association issues and regularly teaches homeowner education courses. He has also served as a delegate to the Maryland Legislative Action Committee.

Marla Diaz, Esq.,focuses her practice on representation of community associations throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia with Whiteford Taylor Preston. She has significant trial and general litigation experience in the state and federal courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including litigating various community association issues, construction defect, commercial litigation, and real estate litigation. She also has significant experience representing community associations before various administrative boards, including the Virginia Fair Housing Board and various County Human Rights Commissions.