The owner of a 60-unit apartment building in Cambridge, Mass., has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle allegations that he discriminated against a family with a young child to avoid an obligation to remove lead paint hazards and later retaliated against them for filing a discrimination complaint,...
A Minnesota condo association and its property managers recently agreed to pay more than $40,000 to settle allegations that they refused to allow children under the age of 18 to live at the property.
In a complaint filed with HUD, a condo owner alleged that the condo association told him...
In January 2013, HUD announced an agreement with Bank of America to settle a claim that the mortgage lender refused to provide financing to a lesbian couple. The agreement is the first enforcement action taken against a lender involving HUD’s recent rule ensuring that its core housing...
In January 2013, HUD announced that a Virginia property management company agreed to pay $82,500 to settle allegations that it refused to allow an Hispanic woman to apply for an apartment because she didn’t speak fluent English.
In early December, HUD announced that the Houston Housing Authority agreed to settle allegations of disability discrimination for initially refusing a deaf resident’s requests to have a sign language interpreter present at a hearing to determine her eligibility to remain in HUD’s...
Last month, a state court in New York overturned a ruling that would have forced a resident to move out because of an alleged hoarding problem. The community, which received a project-based Section 8 subsidy, filed the case, but proceedings were delayed several times to give the resident more...
HUD recently charged a rental housing owner in New Mexico with unlawfully refusing to grant reasonable modification requests to a resident with a disability. The Fair Housing Act prohibits landlords from refusing to let tenants, at their own expense, make reasonable modifications to a rental...
The Justice Department recently sued a Florida homeowners association and its former management company, accusing them of discriminating against families with children by imposing overly restrictive occupancy standards at the 249-townhome community. The lawsuit also alleges that the defendants...
HUD recently announced that it reached a settlement with a Pennsylvania community for allegedly discriminating against Burmese refugee families because of their national origin.
Last week, the owners, managers, and superintendent of a 72-unit community in Riverdale, N.Y., agreed to a $75,000 settlement to resolve allegations of discrimination against African-American apartment seekers in violation of the Fair Housing Act, according to an announcement the United States...
The owner and manager of dozens of residential rental properties in Bakersfield, Calif., recently agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle allegations that he sexually harassed female prospects and residents. This represents the largest monetary settlement ever agreed to in a sexual...
HUD recently charged a Florida homeowners association (HOA) and its former management company with violating the Fair Housing Act by subjecting a family to different rental terms and conditions because they have six children.
