HUD recently charged a New Hampshire real estate agent and his company with illegally discriminating against families with children. Under the Fair Housing Act, it’s unlawful to deny housing because someone has children or to make statements that indicate a limitation on renting to someone...
In the October 2012 lesson, Fair Housing Coach reviews the fair housing implications of environmental concerns involved in the maintenance and upkeep of the community.
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its largest-ever disability-based housing discrimination settlement, which resolves allegations that a Texas-based developer and affiliated entities discriminated on the basis of disability in the design and construction of...
A Boston-based real estate management company, its property manager, and a multifamily housing owner have been sued for violating the state’s antidiscrimination law for allegedly refusing to rent to a recipient of a federal housing subsidy, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced earlier...
A Cincinnati landlord agreed to the entry of an $855,000 civil judgment against him, after admitting that he violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing his female tenants, according to a recent announcement by the Justice Department.
In the September 2012 lesson, Fair Housing Coach reviews fair housing requirements with respect to older applicants and residents. Aging is not a protected characteristic under federal fair housing law, but there are many ways in which communities could face fair housing problems when...
Fair housing was on the table at the National Apartment Association’s annual Educational Conference & Exposition held in Boston last month. Among the many educational sessions were presentations by Fair HousingCoach Advisory Board members on key fair housing...
Q: Even though federal fair housing law doesn’t ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, a community could face a fair housing complaint if it treats applicants or residents differently because of their sexual orientation. True...
A condominium association in Puerto Rico recently reached a $1 million agreement with HUD to settle allegations that the property’s inoperative elevators violated the federal fair housing law based on disability.
On June 18, 2012, a Missouri woman was sentenced to 63 months in prison for her role in the vandalism and arson of a biracial man’s mobile home in Independence, Mo., the Department of Justice announced.
Housing advocates across the country will see an influx of nearly $5 million in grant money to assist low-income tenants receiving Section 8 project-based rental assistance.
In June, HUD awarded the funds through its new Tenant Resource Network (TRN) to 15 nonprofit tenant...
