January 23, 2023
Illegal immigration is a touchy and politically charged subject. It’s also an issue that many landlords in America need to address on a daily basis. There are approximately 11.5 million undocumented aliens living in this country, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Because the vast...
December 19, 2022
Cases from the past year offer six important lessons.
November 19, 2022
While it may seem like routine business, responding to transfer requests may have significant fair housing implications.
Let’s play a quick game of fair housing word association in the multifamily leasing context:
Housing discrimination.
For many, this phrase summons up images of...
October 21, 2022
While many fees are perfectly legitimate, some fees add up to illegal discrimination.
September 21, 2022
We’ll give you six rules for avoiding liability risks when setting and enforcing occupancy standards.
August 18, 2022
We’ll tell you what happened in each case—and how it may impact your property.
Most of you are pretty familiar with what the fair housing laws require. But it’s in the court rooms and administrative tribunals where the broad rules and principles of fair housing law are...
July 18, 2022
We’ll give you six strategies you can implement to put the guidance principles into action.
June 17, 2022
Not all requests for disability accommodations are reasonable. How can you tell which are and which aren’t?
May 17, 2022
Tenants who abuse drugs and alcohol may be endangering not only themselves but also their neighbors. Tenant substance abuse can result in criminal activity, violence, fires, disturbances, and other threats to apartment community health, safety, and tranquility. But, from a legal standpoint,...
April 19, 2022
On average, 25,000 to 30,000 fair housing complaints are filed against landlords in the U.S. each year. Fueling this massive wave of litigation isn’t just the national determination to crack down on discrimination but the glut of potential plaintiffs, including not just the individual victims...
