Meet Our Instructors
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Mark E. English |
Scott P. Moore |
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Mark English has vast experience with multifamily housing programs with particular experience concerning LIHTC and federal housing programs. He is President and CEO of E&A Services, Inc., which performs accessibility site inspections and Capital Needs Assessments (CNA's). Mark has taught more than 375 educational seminars regarding Section 504, Fair Housing and ADA. He has participated with organizations such as National Council of State Housing Agencies (including 17 state agencies), the National Association of Home Builders, the National Council for Affordable & Rural Housing (including 20 state chapters) and the Southeastern Affordable Housing Management Association, USDA, and HUD. Mark is also the author of SourceAbility CD-ROM. SourceAbility is the most comprehensive collection of accessibility resources available for Fair Housing, ADA, and Section 504. Mark also published the UFAS Pocket Edition (Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards), which is one of the most-used accessibility tools in the industry. |
Scott Moore has over 14 years of experience in providing consultation and representation to the housing industry and is widely recognized for his experience in housing law and litigation. Scott has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and USDA/RD over the past 14 years. He served as a senior trial attorney in the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and prosecuted some of the largest pattern or practice fair housing cases brought by the U.S. Scott has provided fair housing, public accommodation, Section 42, and RD 3560 training across the U.S. for the housing industry and national organizations such as the U.S. Dept. of Justice, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, the National Council of State Housing Agencies, the National Affordable Housing Management Association, and Multi-Housing World. As a person with a disability, Scott is able to weave his personal experiences with his intricate understanding of housing law to provide training that is informative, engaging, and entertaining. |
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Allison Balus |
David Kramer |
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Allison Balus has more than seven years of training experience in a wide range ofareas, including multi-family housing compliance. Allison has successfully represented managers, developers, builders, design professionals, and nonprofit organization in all aspects of fair housing and public accommodation law. Her practice includes Housing counseling, litigation and training with a primary focus on fair housing and RD 3560 compliance. Allison's experience in litigating federal fair housing cases has provided her a deep rooted understanding of the practical ramifications of federal laws and regulations. She brings her experiences to audiences to provide solutions to the complex problems arising in designing, building and managing multifamily housing. |
David Kramer is an accomplished speaker who has been providing training & conducting presentations for nearly 20 years. His substantive knowledge, interactive style and extensive experience dealing with government at the federal, state, and local levels make him a uniquely qualified presenter. David's Housing practice focuses primarily on regulatory compliance and providing training for property managers for Section 42 and Section 515 properties. David is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. His language skills hav also proven particularly beneficial to housing providers with Spanish-speaking employees. |
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Larry Fleming |
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 Larry Fleming is an architect licensed in the District of Columbia, and a 1976 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Following graduation, Larry served two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Botswana, Africa, involved in “rural development”. There, Larry was in charge of all aspects of constructing schools, hospitals, health clinics, and public housing for an area roughly the size of Maryland – from budget requests to facilities maintenance. Upon returning to the States, Larry continued his work in rural development here, joining USDA’s Farmers Home Administration as an Assistant State Architect in their Illinois State Office. His two years there were spent predominantly in the housing arena – both SFH and MFH. His USDA career continued with four years in the Alabama State Office as State Architect, involved in housing, community facilities, and rural business projects. A transfer and promotion to the National Office led to Larry becoming a Senior Architect (at the GS-1 level). His work at the USDA’s Rural Development National Office involved problem solving design and construction issues, review and approval of AIA (American Institute of Architects) and other construction contracts, construction management & design/build projects, training Agency State Architects and field staff, and acting as liaison between the Agency / Department and national organizations involved in the building industry, including the AIA, ANSI (American National Standards Institute), ICC (International Code Council), the U.S. Access Board, NAHB (National Association of Home Builders), BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association), DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America), and others. During his tenure, Larry also served on a number of national task forces including Critical Access Hospital Design and Management in Rural Areas (HHS), Accessibility for Single Family Homes (ANSI), MultiFamily Housing Design and Management Issues (HUD & USDA), “Green” Capital Needs Assessments (HUD & USDA), Comprehensive Property Assessment (USDA), Farm Labor Housing Design Issues (USDA), and Use of Computers for Agency Architects (USDA). Accessibility for the disabled became his predominant area of expertise, and Larry served as one of only three Federal government representatives to the ANSI A-117 Committee, which writes the accessibility portion of the building code used in the U.S. Larry retired from USDA’s Rural Development in September 2009, with over 32 years of Federal service. In January of this year Larry started working with E&A Services, Inc. and Fair Housing Solutions, LLC as an Accessibility Specialist. |
