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SoCal Community Settles Harassment Complaints

Mar 20, 2014

The owners and managers of a 49-unit community in Santa Monica, Calif., recently agreed to settle complaints filed by a group of disabled residents with Section 8 vouchers. In complaints to city officials and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), the residents accused the community of harassment, fair housing, and privacy violations, including:


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Retirement Community Faulted for Policy on Mobility Devices

Feb 26, 2014

A Virginia-based retirement community is facing a HUD complaint alleging that its policies on the use of motorized mobility devices amounts to illegal housing discrimination against people with physical disabilities.


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Landlord Accused of Discriminating Against Teenager’s Mom

Feb 26, 2014

A Michigan landlord recently agreed to settle a discrimination claim based on familial status for allegedly denying housing to the mother of a teenager.

The complaint, filed with the assistance of the Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, claimed that the landlord showed the prospect a unit over a storefront, but then refused to rent it to her after discovering that the prospect had a 15-year-old son.


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Mobile Home Park Accused of Discriminating Against African Americans and Families

Feb 26, 2014

The Justice Department recently accused the owner and managers of a 126-space mobile home park in Illinois of violating fair housing law by discriminating against African Americans and families with children.


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Settlement Curbs Alleged Harassment of Immigrant Tenants in NYC

Jan 29, 2014

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced a major settlement agreement to resolve allegations of harassment and intimidation of mainly Spanish-speaking immigrant residents in nearly 1,800 units in 49 buildings in New York City.


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Texas Community Pays $317,000 to Settle Discrimination Claim

Jan 29, 2014

The Justice Department recently announced that a Texas community has agreed to pay $317,000 to settle a fair housing lawsuit alleging discrimination against persons of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent.


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Missouri Community Settles Disability Discrimination Charge

Jan 29, 2014

The owner and management company of a Kansas City, Mo., community recently agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve allegations they illegally refused to grant the request of a resident with disabilities to have a live-in caretaker.


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Advocates Demand Halt to Eviction Proceedings Against Domestic Violence Survivor

Dec 19, 2013

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan recently sent a letter to the Inkster Housing Commission to halt the eviction proceedings against a pregnant woman facing eviction because she reported incidents of domestic violence to police.


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NY Community to Pay $92K to Settle Discrimination Claims

Dec 19, 2013

The owner and manager of a 22-unit apartment complex in Westchester County, N.Y., have agreed to pay $92,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing them of housing discrimination against African Americans, according to an announcement by Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.


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Michigan Landlord Agrees to $20K Settlement in Fair Housing Case

Dec 19, 2013

A Michigan landlord recently agreed to pay $20,000 to settle allegations of discrimination based on familial status against a mother and her two children, according to an announcement by the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan.


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