The Department of Housing and Urban Development has established an academy to train housing discrimination investigators and testers.Floyd May, general deputy assistant secretary for fair housing, said the training and certification requirement will insure effective and consistent enforcement of the Fair Housing Act nationwide. "It is extremely important ... to have an experienced, trained cadre of professionals who have the skills and abilities to address the problem of housing discrimination in this country," Mr. May said. The academy will be housed at Howard University in Washington. The first class will start on Aug. 4. There are 500 full-time investigators working at 101 state and local fair housing agencies.
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