danita washington

The Housing Specialist at The Center for Fair Housing, Inc., Danita Washington, Danita has of 20
years fair housing experience in counseling and is the Education Outreach Specialist. She is also a HUD Certified Housing Counselor. Her duties include responding to Center inquiries, case management, research and corresponding with various real estate companies, financial institutions, and social service agencies, and serving as an information resource for service area residents. Her training includes: the Fair Housing Fundamentals training; the AFP Fundraising Workshop; HUD training for Housing Counseling and Nonprofit Agencies; training on predatory lending by Jeffery P. May with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition; design and construction and accessibility training by Sara K. Pratt; Alabama Power Company Fair Housing Domestic Violence training; Mobile; Equity and Inclusion Housing Policy training,
New Orleans; IAOHRA Human Rights Conference, Mobile; the HUD Annual Policy Conference, New Orleans; the National Community Reinvestment Coalition training on mortgage abuse and fair lending violations; Department of Justice Civil Rights Summit: Accessibility and Disability Rights; the National Fair Housing Alliance: Fair Lending Training; Family Re-integration, Re-entry, and Parole Planning. She is a Certified Housing Counselor through the Homeowner Consortium of Alabama, Inc. Preventing fraud & ensuring access to Equity for older Adults, Discrimination with Foreclosure Prevention programs, Full Fair Lending File Review, Identifying Mortgage Abuse & Fair Lending; NCRC - Las Vegas, NV; Accessibility Training, Greater N.O. Fair Housing – NO, LA; Know your Rights training: protection for individuals with a disability, NO, LA; Housing Counselor Training: Managing & Curing Mortgage delinquencies, NCRC - Philadelphia, PA; Employment 1st in Alabama Disabilities, ADAP-Prattville, AL; Delivering effective Financial Education for today’s consumer, NeighborWorks – Phoenix, AZ. Additionally she has received Insurance testing training in August 2017 from NCRC. National Community Reinvestment Coalition Training Academy: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 2018. 8 years of experience in the Banking Industry. 10 years of experience as an educator in the private and public school system.

 

1997, graduate, B.S. University of Mobile, Dean’s List, Elementary Education and Social Science
1981, graduate, W.P. Davidson High School, Mobile, Alabama