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• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINS $82,500 SETTLEMENT IN HUD ASSISTANCE-ANIMAL CASE Justice Department Obtains $82,500 Settlement in HUD Assistance-Animal Case. The owners and operators of a Minnesota apartment complex must pay a woman $82,500 this week as part of federal consent decree arising from a HUD charge. HUD charged that the defendants violated the Fair Housing Act in not allowing the woman to reside at the complex with a dog that assists her with major depression. Read the Justice consent decree
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• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES $62,000 SETTLEMENT RESOLVING HUD DISABILITY CHARGE IN IDAHO. A landlord in Idaho Falls, Idaho, has agreed to pay $62,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit arising from a HUD charge. HUD charged the landlord with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to allow disabled residents to have assistance dogs. Read the Justice press release.
  
  
• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINS $361,000 SETTLEMENT FOLLWING HUD CHARGE OF RACE AND FAMILY STATUS DISCRIMINATION. A Virginia Beach landlord will pay $361,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging he subjected African American tenants to stricter rules and unjustly excluded families with children from some apartments. Read the Justice press release and settlement. Read the Justice press release.
  
  
• JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OBTAINS $115,000 SETTLEMENT IN HUD CASE ACCUSING CONNECTICUT LANDLORD OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION. The Justice Department has reached a $115,000 settlement in a case first brought by HUD, in which the agency charged a Connecticut landlord with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to make an exception to a 'no-pet' policy for a disabled tenant who required an assistance dog. Read the Justice press release and settlement. Read the HUD charge.
  
  
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