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The Justice Department recently announced a settlement in a fair housing case alleging that the owners and managers of an Illinois continuing care retirement community discriminated against residents with disabilities based on its policies governing use of its dining facilities.

The owners and managers of a New Orleans community recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) on behalf of a client who was allegedly threatened with eviction after an incidence of domestic abuse in her apartment. The complaint alleged that in December 2013, the client’s ex-boyfriend attacked her after she rebuffed his attempts to reconcile.

HUD recently accused the owners and managers of a high-rise complex in New York City with violating fair housing law by refusing to allow a resident with disabilities to have an emotional support 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 or...

A New-York based property management company recently agreed to settle fair housing claims alleging discrimination against families with children based on enforcement of occupancy standards in five properties in three states.

The University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) and the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska recently agreed to pay $140,000 to two former students to settle a fair housing lawsuit involving assistance animals in student housing.

The owners and operators of a mobile home park in Marion, Ill., recently agreed to pay $75,000 to settle allegations that they violated fair housing law by discriminating against African Americans and families with children. 

Real estate agents in Mississippi were recently accused of race discrimination in a HUD complaint filed by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). During a year-long investigation, NFHA said it conducted a series of tests in which similarly qualified white and black testers posed as home buyers and contacted the company to view homes in Jackson, Miss.

The Justice Department recently announced a $2 million settlement with the Housing Authority of Los Angeles County, and the cities of Lancaster, Calif., and Palmdale, Calif., to resolve allegations that they targeted African Americans with discriminatory enforcement of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.

The owners and operators of an Illinois mobile home community recent agreed to pay $251,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging discrimination based on race and familial status, according to the Justice Department.

In a recent settlement, a continuing care retirement community in Virginia agreed to pay $390,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the fair housing law by instituting policies that discriminated against residents with disabilities.