Over forty years ago Congress passed Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 known as “The Fair Housing Act”. This act prohibits discrimination in public and private housing markets that is based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability or familial status. At that time, the most common type of discrimination in housing was based upon race or color. Today, according to a recent report by HUD, the majority of housing discrimination complaints filed are based on disability discrimination. [...]
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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Roger Harris, Hediger Enterprises Inc., Carroll Management Group, Forum Manor Associates L.P. and Forum Manor LLC have agreed to pay $295,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, race and sex discrimination, retaliation and intimidation at Forum Manor Apartments, a federally-subsidized apartment complex in Rolla, Missouri. [...] WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the developer and designers of an apartment complex in Washington Township, Mich., have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act when they designed and constructed a 200 unit apartment complex with steps to the front door and other barriers that make [...] WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that New Orleans landlords Betty Bouchon, the Bouchon Limited Family Partnership and Sapphire Corp., have agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging they unlawfully denied housing to African-American prospective renters at a 16-unit apartment building located in New Orleans. The settlement [...] WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against the city of Joliet, Ill., alleging that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions, culminating in the taking through eminent domain a federally-subsidized affordable housing development, that would displace more [...] Landlord attempted to evict single mother for filing fair housing complaint The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Friday that a HUD Administrative Law Judge has ordered an Iowa landlord to pay $52,150 in damages and civil penalties for retaliating against a single mother of three by threatening to evict her because [...] The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner, management company and former manager of Summerhill Place Apartments, a 268-unit apartment complex in Renton, Wash., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin and familial status in the rental of apartments. The lawsuit, filed in [...] The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner and property manager of a 48-unit apartment complex in Ann Arbor, Mich., alleging that the defendants discriminated on the basis of race or color in the rental of apartments, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of [...] The Justice Department today announced that landlord James Stevens, his company Fountain View Apartments Inc., and his former rental manager, Mildred Chastain, have agreed to pay $415,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to settle a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging that they discriminated against African Americans and families with children at Fountain [...] Dennis Norman Maybe I’m naive, but it surprises me that some property owners are clueless about Fair Housing Laws or just blatantly disregard them…particularly owners and operators and large apartment complexes. I’m going to share information on another settlement, and an expensive one at that, the Department of Justice obtained from a property owner [...] Author’s Note: I frequently publish stories on actions of the Department of Justice with regard to Fair Housing Laws…I do this not to draw attention to the parties involved in particular suit or case but to heighten the awareness of Landlord’s and other property owners of Fair Housing Laws and the repurcussions of violating them. [...] 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 [...] Nation’s Fifth-Largest Housing Developer to Retrofit Record Number of Apartments for People With Disabilities, Create National Accessibility Fund Dennis Norman Today, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and its member fair housing organizations in Atlanta, Ga., Melbourne, Fla., and Napa and Marin, Calif., announced a landmark agreement with the A.G. Spanos Companies to increase [...] Dennis Norman Fair Housing Laws are just one thing landlords need to be very familiar with in order to protect themselves and their businesses. In addition, there is the Americans with Disabilities Act, application screening, lead-based paint and other disclosures,leases, state laws about security deposits,collection issues, criminal activity in your units and more…What’s a [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 22, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOVCRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 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 [...] Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman I would think that anyone that owns rental property today would be aware of of the fact that it is illegal to discriminate when it comes to housing, but at times I wonder. I say that because in a post I wrote in a post late last year about [...] By: Dennis Norman Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the very influential, prominent leader and icon of the American Civil Rights movement. One of the most important accomplishments of Dr King and the Civil Rights movement was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was signed [...] |
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