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With my annual apology to David Letterman, the first Fair Housing Defense blog entry of the year is always my favorite as I highlight the Top Ten posts from the previous year (and you can click on each entry if you want to read it). I am not surprised to…
Continue Reading Fair Housing Defense: Top Ten Blog Posts from 2020I have heard from a couple of clients (and potential new clients) recently after they…
Continue Reading Thoughts On Avoiding Criminal Background FHA ClaimsAs written here (and elsewhere), the COVID era has raised housing law issues nobody had…
Continue Reading Early Lease Terminations and COVID-19: Here Are Some GuidelinesHUD Charges Georgia Property Owner With Disability Discrimination For Failure to Approve a Reasonable Accommodation Request Related to the Rental Due Date
Here is a fact pattern professional apartment management should work to avoid. An applicant signs…
Continue Reading HUD Charges Georgia Property Owner With Disability Discrimination For Failure to Approve a Reasonable Accommodation Request Related to the Rental Due DateThe Latest
Department of Transportation Limits Emotional Support Animal Travel on Airlines
As Fair Housing Defense blog readers are aware, the issue of questionable/fraudulent medical verifications for certain assistance animals has vexed both the professional apartment industry and airlines for some time…
Continue Reading Department of Transportation Limits Emotional Support Animal Travel on AirlinesYour humble Fair Housing Defense Blog editor gets questions from readers time to time. Which is good. Some I can’t answer off the cuff – such as “[i]t will just…
Continue Reading “Is My Property Covered Under the Fair Housing Laws?”The most uncommon year of 2020 continues on, with a most unusual Thanksgiving last week. Accordingly, it is now time for my annual Fair Housing Blog apartment community holiday decoration…
Continue Reading An Apartment Community Holiday Decoration GuidePursuant to the terms of a formal Consent Order, earlier this month, a property owner/manager in Georgia agreed to settle a Fair Housing Act (FHA) disability discrimination case for $34,900…
Continue Reading HUD Settles Disability Fair Housing Act Case for $34,900Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced that it charged a Pennsylvania property owner with disability discrimination related to assistance animals and designated parking…
Continue Reading HUD Charges Pennsylvania Property With Disability DiscriminationMost of the fair housing cases I report about in this Blog are brought by individuals or on behalf of individuals by a local fair housing advocacy group. There is…
Continue Reading HUD Initiates Religious Discrimination Fair Housing Act CaseI know I have written about this before, but a housing provider in Wyoming was just charged with familial status discrimination pursuant to the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by the…
Continue Reading HUD Charges Wyoming Property Owner With Familial Status DiscriminationHUD Charges Buffalo, NY Property Owner With Disability Discrimination Related to an Assistance Animal
In a press release issued a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) charged a New York property owner with discrimination under the Fair…
Continue Reading HUD Charges Buffalo, NY Property Owner With Disability Discrimination Related to an Assistance AnimalHUD Files Familial Status Discrimination Charge Against the City of Arlington, Texas
In a charge that demonstrates the perils of acting even in what is perceived to solve a need, the City of Arlington, Texas has now been sued by the U.S.
Continue Reading HUD Files Familial Status Discrimination Charge Against the City of Arlington, TexasThe FHA Law Group
The attorneys in Fox Rothschild’s Affordable Housing group have been at the forefront of affordable housing development and reform for almost 30 years. We focus on representing housing authorities and their affiliates in their redevelopment efforts. By doing so, Fox is not burdened with the conflicts that arise representing private developers.