What's New in Fair Housing?

Information by State  Print version   Did You Know? Fair Housing is in the news around the country. Check out the selected fair housing news articles below. From local6.com: Apt. Complex Discrimination Claim By Renter Leads To Charges From Gazette.net: HUD promote fair housing at grade school From Kansas City Star: Speakers to honor fair housing act From Las Vegas Review Journal: Law against housing discrimination marks 40th year on the books From Marin Independent Journal: Nancy Kenyon: 40 years after Fair Housing Act passed, the fight continues From RISMedia.com: Fair Housing Month - Real Estate Associations Unite, Organize Mock Trial From Montananewstation.com: Late fair housing advocate honored in Billings

• HUD CHARGES OREGON LANDLORD FOR REFUSING TO ALLOW ASSISTANCE DOG. HUD has charged Ron Lucas and R.A. Lucas Developments, LLC, of, St. Helens, Oregon, with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to allow a person with disabilities to reside in housing with an assistance dog. Following the death of her son in May 2007, the resident, who has multiple disabilities, requested permission to live with an assistance dog, as prescribed by her physician and mental health worker. The housing provider rejected each of her three requests, despite receiving letters verifying her need for the assistance dog.
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• HUD CHARGES FLORIDA HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR DENYING DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION. HUD has charged a local Florida housing authority with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to allow a disabled resident to relocate to an apartment that had a bathroom he could use without negotiating stairs. Sometime after an injury left the resident disabled, the apartment complex relocated his family and two others in order to resolve conflicts among them. The housing authority refused to relocate the resident to an apartment with an accessible bathroom, although such units were available. Consequently, the resident and his family saw no choice but to leave their public housing unit. Read the charge.
  
  
• HUD CHARGES PUERTO RICO APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR DENYING DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION. HUD has charged the owners of a Puerto Rico housing complex with violating the Fair Housing Act in refusing to make reasonable trash-disposal arrangements for a resident with a physical disability. After shutting down the trash rooms on each floor of the apartment buildings, the owners of the complex refused to exempt the resident from the requirement that residents personally dispose of trash in outside dumpsters. The complex had originally promised the resident that maintenance staff would collect her trash as an accommodation for her disability
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• HUD CHARGES OWNERS, MANAGERS OF LONG ISLAND COOPERATIVE WITH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION. HUD has charged the owners and managers of a cooperative-apartment complex in Rockville Centre, New York, with violating the Fair Housing Act in refusing to permit a 90-year old woman with physical and mental disabilities to have a support animal in her unit.
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• HUD CHARGES IDAHO LANDLORD WITH DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. HUD has charged the owners of an Idaho Falls, Idaho, apartment building with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to rent to a man with young children. The owner allegedly told the man she doesn't allow families with children to occupy second-floor apartments. The owners reiterated the policy to a HUD staff person who inquired about it.
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• HUD, CHMA SIGN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT,HUD and the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority have signed a Voluntary Compliance Agreement creating 482 fully-accessible housing units for senior citizens and residents with disabilities.
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