HUD recently charged the owners of a West Virginia mobile home community with discriminating against a resident with a disability by refusing his request to keep his emotional support animal. Federal fair housing law requires housing providers to make reasonable accommodations in their rules,...
The owners of two New Jersey apartment buildings recently agreed to pay $21,000 to resolve allegations of housing discrimination against African-American prospects.
The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit accusing the owners, builders, and designers of an eight-unit rental complex in Helena, Mont., with violating fair housing law by designing and building the complex with barriers that make it inaccessible to persons with disabilities.
Last week, the Justice Department announced that a Florida condominium association and its former management company have agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a fair housing claim alleging that they enforced occupancy limits that discriminated against families with children.
Last week, the Justice Department announced that a Minnesota community and its property management company agreed to pay $30,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging discrimination against Somali prospects on the basis of race and national origin.
There has been an uptick in the government’s efforts to detect and pursue violations of fair housing accessibility requirements. Since January 2009, HUD and its fair housing partners have investigated and either settled or charged 300 cases that alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act...
A Massachusetts landlord and property manager have been ordered to pay more than $38,000 in a housing discrimination case alleging discriminatory online advertisements against families with young children, according to a recent announcement by Attorney General Martha Coakley.
The Justice Department and HUD recently announced that St. Bernard Parish, La., has agreed to a settlement valued at more than $2.5 million to resolve separate lawsuits by the United States and private plaintiffs claiming that the parish sought to deny rental housing to African...
The developer of a 275-unit rental community in Salem, Ore., recently agreed to pay $80,000 and remove accessibility barriers to resolve a lawsuit claiming disability discrimination in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
The owners and managers of a Nashville, Tenn., community recently agreed to pay more than $170,000 as part of a settlement resolving allegations that it discriminated against Hispanic tenants based on their national origin. According to HUD’s complaint, the community’s owners and...
The owner and manager of rental property in Albuquerque, N.M., recently agreed to pay $200,000 to settle allegations of discrimination and retaliation against a tenant with a disability.
The owners and managers of 23 rental properties in Mississippi recently agreed to pay $27,000 to settle allegations of housing discrimination against families with children.
