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A Massachusetts real estate company recently agreed to settle HUD complaints alleging that the company and its agents violated fair housing law by discouraging families with children from renting over concerns that the units might contain lead-based paint hazards. A fair housing organization filed the complaints, claiming that when prospective renters responded to online ads placed by the company, its agents discouraged families with children from applying.
HUD recently charged the current and former owners and managers of a 61-unit complex in Texas with violating fair housing law by imposing overly restrictive rules on children under 16 who lived there. Federal fair housing law prohibits housing discrimination based on familial status, including setting rules that discriminate against families with children.
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) recently announced a settlement in a lawsuit alleging disability discrimination in the design and construction of a Virginia community.
The lawsuit, filed by NFHA and Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), alleged that owners, developers, and others violated federal fair housing law by failing to design and construct the community in compliance with accessibility requirements. The Fair Housing Act requires all new multifamily housing built after 1991 to be accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
The owners and operators of a Wisconsin mobile home park recently agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that they unlawfully excluded families with children from significant portions of their 230-lot mobile home park.
The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit against the owners and manager of a 28-unit apartment complex in Colorado, accusing them of housing discrimination against families with children. The complaint alleged that the community implemented a policy of generally not allowing families with children to live in the front building, while generally restricting them to units in the rear building instead.
The owner of rental property in Washington has agreed to a settlement to resolve allegations of race discrimination, according to a recent announcement by Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
State officials began an investigation after a resident complained that the manager towed cars belonging to African-American residents, but not those belonging to white residents. The complaint also alleged that the manager retaliated against residents who complained by withholding necessary repairs.
The Justice Department recently announced a settlement in a fair housing case alleging disability discrimination in the design and construction of three communities, including a senior housing complex, in New York.
The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) recently announced a $172,000 settlement in a lawsuit accusing the owners and managers of a Louisiana community of race discrimination.
The Justice Department recently announced a settlement in a fair housing case alleging that the owners and managers of an Illinois continuing care retirement community discriminated against residents with disabilities based on its policies governing use of its dining facilities.
The owners and managers of a New Orleans community recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) on behalf of a client who was allegedly threatened with eviction after an incidence of domestic abuse in her apartment. The complaint alleged that in December 2013, the client’s ex-boyfriend attacked her after she rebuffed his attempts to reconcile.
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