Lessons Learned from Recent Court Rulings on Fair Housing Law

This month, Fair Housing Coach reviews recent court decisions involving fair housing law. The rulings, all decided this year, address issues that you may have encountered: whether to allow a resident to sublet, when residents may be required to get rental insurance, how to deal with requests for assistance animals, and when you can enforce occupancy standards. The facts and circumstances are different, but they have one thing in common: They landed in court with the community defending itself from accusations of housing discrimination, in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).