In December 2019, the Justice Department announced it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the City of Hesperia, Calif., and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department discriminated against African-American and Latino renters in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
The Massachusetts Fair Housing Center (MFHC) and two families with children recently filed a complaint to stop state officials from enforcing what they say are the discriminatory provisions of the Massachusetts Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act (Lead Law) and to replace them...
HUD recently announced that it has approved a settlement with housing providers in the greater Los Angeles area, resolving allegations that they refused to allow residents with disabilities to keep assistance animals.
A multifamily housing developer and a site engineer have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that they built an eight-building addition and associated rental office at an apartment complex in Galveston, Texas, which were inaccessible to individuals with disabilities.
The Justice Department and HUD recently announced that the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, Conn. (HACB) has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that HACB discriminated against persons with disabilities by failing to provide accessible units and ignoring their...
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently announced that it has reached a $50,000 settlement in a housing disability discrimination case with a Modesto apartment complex owner and its property manager. The case involved a resident who claimed that her lease was...
The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit alleging that the owners and managers of residential rental housing in Honolulu, Hawaii, refused to rent to families with children, in violation of federal fair housing law. The lawsuit alleges that the three properties are operated as student...
HUD recently announced that it has charged housing providers in Montana with violating federal fair housing law by refusing to rent to and making discriminatory statements about a family with children.
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against families with...
HUD recently announced that it’s charging a couple who owns an apartment building in Georgia with violating fair housing law by refusing to rent to, imposing different rental terms and conditions on, and making discriminatory statements about families with children.
HUD recently charged housing professionals based in New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia with discrimination for failing to design and construct a 40-unit condominium development in Brooklyn, N.Y., to comply with the accessibility requirements of federal fair housing law.
The Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit alleging that female residents of rental properties in Massachusetts were subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation, in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
The lawsuit alleged that from at least 2009 through the present, the...
The owners and managers of a single-family rental home in Idaho recently agreed to pay $15,000 to settle allegations that they violated fair housing law by refusing to rent the large home to a married couple because they have more than four children.
