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The Justice Department recently announced court approval of a fair housing settlement in which the owners and operators of a 902-unit community in Reno, Nev., will pay $167,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging discrimination against persons with disabilities who use assistance animals.
Officials in a New Jersey township have voted to approve a settlement in a controversial fair housing case, only weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court was due to hear arguments in the case, according to news reports.
At issue is whether the Fair Housing Act (FHA) bans discrimination based on disparate impact—that is, practices that have a discriminatory effect on protected classes, even if there’s no intent to discriminate.
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) recently filed a housing discrimination complaint with federal and state authorities accusing an Arkansas community of refusing to rent to Latinos and discriminating in the conditions or terms of rental based on national origin and/or race. The community is now part of a large company, which owns and operates 19,000 apartments throughout the southeastern United States.
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission recently announced a settlement with the owner, builder, architect, and management company of a multifamily housing complex after its testing revealed alleged violations of design and construction accessibility requirements under federal and state law.
The community consists of four apartment buildings, a community building, tenant and visitor parking, and outside recreation areas. Each apartment building houses 30 units, with 10 u...
The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit alleging that the Housing Authority for the City of Ruston, La., has engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American applicants and residents in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
The Ruston Housing Authority is a public housing authority that provides housing for persons of low income in Ruston. Currently, the housing authority owns and maintains five housing complexes in Ruston, ...
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, policies, practices, or services when needed to provide persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to use or enjoy a dwelling.
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.
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