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Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination in Davenport, Iowa

The Justice Department today announced a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that those involved in the design and construction of two multifamily housing complexes in Davenport, Iowa, violated the Fair Housing Act. The complexes at issue are Kimberly Ridge Manor and Jersey Ridge Manor.

The case began when the Davenport Civil Rights Commission filed fair housing [...]

DOJ Files Discrimination Lawsuit against Apartment Owner in Missouri

The Justice Department announced it has filed a lawsuit today in federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri alleging a pattern or practice of violations of the Fair Housing Act by the owner and managers of Forum Manor Apartments, a federally-subsidized apartment complex, for refusing to rent to African-Americans and males, refusing to allow [...]

Landlords; don’t forget people with disabilities are also covered by the Fair Housing Act otherwise it will cost you

Publishers note: We frequently published news releases having to do with allegations of, or settlements of, Fair Housing violations – the purpose of us doing so is to help educate landlords and heighten awareness of the various ways that a landlord may be violating the Fair Housing Act, even though in many cases there seems [...]

Justice Department Obtains $134,000 in Discrimination Settlement with Mobile Home Park in Daphne, Alabama

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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today jointly announced an agreement with the owners and managers of Pina’s Mobile Home Park in Daphne, Ala., to settle [...]

“For Rent: No Kids!”

Dennis Norman

Hopefully every landlord that sees the title of this post will immediately know that to run an ad with that title to rent out their property would be in violation of the Fair Housing Laws.  Apparently not though unfortunately.

According to a recent report by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) there are literally thousands of illegal housing [...]