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Housing and Rental Laws for Tenants with Disabilities

May 04, 2021
01:00PM - 02:00PM EDT
Online Event
Overview

Join attorney Stewart Pope and myeloma financial coach, Diahanna Vallentine, as they discuss housing and rental laws for tenants with disabilities (such as a cancer diagnosis). What are your rights when it comes to housing? 


Come with questions! 

Agenda
01:00 PM
Introductions
Audrey Burton-Bethke
Audrey welcomes everyone, introduces our featured speaker, and shares the agenda for the event.
01:05 PM
Presentation
Stewart Pope and Diahanna Vallentine
Attorney Stewart Pope and myeloma financial coach, Diahanna Vallentine, discuss housing and rental laws for tenants with disabilities, such as a cancer diagnosis.
01:40 PM
Q&A
Audience
Stewart and Diahanna answer the audience's questions about the presentation and related topics.
Speakers & Moderators
Healthtree contact Audrey Burton-Bethke

Audrey Burton-Bethke

Audrey joined the Myeloma Crowd as the Community Manager in 2020 after previously working in the nonprofit field for 4 years as a director of Fundraising and Development. She graduated from BYU with a major in Spanish and Nonprofit Management. Audrey is passionate about serving others, loves learning, and enjoys a nice mug of hot chocolate no matter the weather.

Healthtree contact Diahanna Vallentine

Diahanna Vallentine

Diahanna is the Financial Program Manager for the HealthTree Foundation. She specializes in providing financial help, resources and education for multiple myeloma patients. As a professional financial consultant and former caregiver of her husband who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, Diahanna perfectly understands the financial issues facing myeloma patients.

Healthtree contact S. Stewart Pope

S. Stewart Pope

S. Stewart Pope is an attorney and serves as the Advocacy Director of Legal Aid Society of Louisville Kentucky, a non-profit, public interest law firm advocating on behalf of the low-income community. Mr. Pope has worked in the Housing and Consumer Units at Legal Aid Society concentrating his practice in the areas of Landlord Tenant Law, Foreclosure and Predatory Lending. He has conducted trainings and seminars designed to advise low-income individuals of their rights and responsibilities as tenants, how to avoid the snares of predatory lenders, the foreclosure process and alternatives to foreclosure. Mr. Pope has participated as a member of various task forces created to address and reduce the problem of foreclosure and vacant and abandoned properties in our community. Mr. Pope serves on the board of directors of the Continuum of Care that oversees the provision of homeless services in Jefferson County. Before coming to work for the Legal Aid Society, Mr. Pope worked as a private attorney with a practice concentrating in general civil and criminal law and as a real estate closing attorney. Mr. Pope has two children, three step-children and six grandchildren.