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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently announced a settlement in its lawsuit against the city of Norristown, Pa., challenging a municipal ordinance that allegedly punished domestic violence victims and their landlords for requesting police assistance.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of a domestic violence victim, who allegedly faced eviction after requesting police protection from an abusive ex-boyfriend. As part of the settlement, the city agreed to repeal the ordinance and to pay $495,000 to the woman and her lawyers.
The manager and owner of a Cleveland community recently agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated federal fair housing law by refusing to rent units at the 205-unit complex to families with children.
Earlier this month, HUD charged Kent State University and four of its employees with housing discrimination for allegedly refusing to allow a student with disabilities to keep an emotional support animal in her campus apartment.
The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to refuse to make reasonable accommodations in policies or practices when a person with a disability requires such an accommodation, including refusing to grant waivers to “no pet” policies for persons who use assistance or support animals.
The owners and managers of two New Hampshire communities recently agreed to settle allegations that they engaged in housing discrimination by refusing to rent to a woman who was a victim of domestic violence.
The owners and operators of a California community recently agreed to pay $80,000 to settle allegations that its rules discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
The lawsuit arose from HUD complaints filed by five families who lived at the 37-unit community. They alleged that the community enforced a rule that prohibited children from playing outside in the common grassy areas of the complex and stated that families would be evicted if they violated this rule.
An administrative judge in Maryland recently ruled that a condominium community violated state fair housing law by denying a resident’s request for a reserved parking space as a reasonable accommodation for her disability, according to the Maryland Civil Rights Commission.
Two realty companies and a broker in Connecticut recently agreed to pay $24,000 to settle allegations that they published discriminatory listings and advertisements for condominiums specifying that children were not permitted.
Federal fair housing law makes it unlawful to refuse to sell or rent housing on the basis of familial status, which includes refusing to allow families with children under 18, unless the property qualifies as housing for older persons.
The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) recently sued the owner of a New Orleans community for alleged discrimination against deaf individuals seeking to rent apartments based on the results of a fair housing investigation last year.
A Philadelphia-area real estate company recently agreed to a $25,000 settlement to resolve allegations that employees steered white testers posing as rental applicants to neighborhoods they described as safer, while directing black testers to areas agents considered “rough.”
The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the terms, conditions, or privileges associated with the sale or rental of a dwelling on the basis of race, including steering potential renters or homebuyers to different neighborhoods.
No, says the Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc., which recently sued two Florida homeowner associations and two property management companies for discrimination on the basis of familial status.
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