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A Cincinnati landlord agreed to the entry of an $855,000 civil judgment against him, after admitting that he violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing his female tenants, according to a recent announcement by the Justice Department.
Q: Does the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Arizona v. United States have fair housing implications?
A: The latest ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the battle over immigration reform—Arizona v. United States—didn’t address housing restrictions. But the decision is likely to affect courts reviewing the dozens of other state and local immigration measures that do affect rental housing providers.
A condominium association in Puerto Rico recently reached a $1 million agreement with HUD to settle allegations that the property’s inoperative elevators violated the federal fair housing law based on disability.
On June 18, 2012, a Missouri woman was sentenced to 63 months in prison for her role in the vandalism and arson of a biracial man’s mobile home in Independence, Mo., the Department of Justice announced.
In early May, the owner and managers of three residential buildings in Manhattan agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations that they discriminated on the basis of sex and subjected numerous female residents to severe, unwelcome, and pervasive sexual harassment. This is the largest recovery ever in a sexual harassment suit brought by the United States under the Fair Housing Act.
The owner and managers of a 56-unit, HUD-assisted townhome complex in Nebraska recently agreed to pay $22,500 to a former resident to settle a HUD complaint.
The owner of a 96-unit community in Rockland County, N.Y., recently settled a federal lawsuit, alleging discrimination against African-American apartment seekers in violation of the Fair Housing Act, according to an announcement by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
A Grand Valley State University student recently filed a complaint in federal court over her request to keep Blanca, a guinea pig, in student housing, reports Courthouse News.
There’s an update to a case we reported in the November 2011 issue of Fair Housing Coach: A federal appeals court has dismissed a fair housing case filed against an online roommate-matching service, Roommates.com, ruling that the Fair Housing Act (FHA) does not apply to shared living arrangements.
The owner of a Pennsylvania apartment complex recently agreed to pay $15,000 to settle claims that the development’s on-site manager discriminated against families with children. Last summer, HUD charged the owner and manager with charging families higher rent when they have children and indicating a preference against families with children. Under federal fair housing law, it is unlawful to impose different rental charges and terms of a lease on households because of the presence of children.
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