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HUD recently charged the owner and managers of a Massachusetts community with discriminating against persons with disabilities who require the use of assistance animals.
Federal fair housing law prohibits housing providers from denying or limiting housing to persons with disabilities or from refusing to make reasonable accommodations in policies or practices. This includes waiving no-pet policies for assistance or service animals.
A public housing provider in Florida recently agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to resolve a female resident’s allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.
The case began when the resident filed a HUD complaint, alleging that one of the provider’s maintenance workers subjected her to a severe incident of sexual harassment. The woman alleged that the housing authority retaliated against her after she reported the alleged incident.
The owner and managers of an 84-unit apartment complex in Utah recently agreed to settle allegations that they unlawfully refused a reasonable accommodation request for an assigned parking space from a resident with disability. The settlement resolves the resident’s complaint alleging that the community refused her request to be assigned a designated parking space close to her unit.
HUD recently filed a formal complaint against Facebook, accusing the company of violating the federal fair housing law by allowing landlords and home sellers to use its advertising platform to engage in housing discrimination.
HUD recently charged the owners of a house in Beltrami County, Minn., and their real estate agent with discrimination for refusing to rent the house to a family because of their race, national origin, and minor children.
HUD recently charged a New York-based developer, owner, construction company, and architect with housing discrimination for failing to design and construct a condominium development in the Long Island City area of Queens, N.Y., in compliance with the accessibility requirements of federal fair housing law. The Fair Housing Act requires that multifamily housing built after March 1991 contain accessible features for people with disabilities.
The owner and property manager of a California community recently agreed to pay $36,000 to resolve a disability discrimination case filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). A prospect filed the complaint, alleging that an offer to rent was abruptly withdrawn when the respondents learned that she had a service animal.
HUD recently approved a settlement with two San-Francisco real estate companies accused of denying a family’s disability-related request to move to a non-smoking unit.
Federal fair housing law prohibits communities from denying or limiting housing to persons with disabilities, or from refusing to make reasonable accommodations in policies or practices for persons with disabilities.
The owners and managers of a Nevada community recently settled allegations of disability discrimination for refusing an applicant’s reasonable accommodation request to keep an assistance animal.
Federal fair housing law requires housing providers to make reasonable accommodations in policies or practices when a person with a disability requires such accommodations, including granting waivers to "no-pet" policies for persons who require assistance a...
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