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
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HUD Settles Sexual Harassment Fair Housing Act Charge from California for $13,000
Pursuant to the terms of a conciliation agreement, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced earlier this month that it facilitated settlement of a sexual harassment Fair
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Early Lease Terminations and COVID-19: Here Are Some Guidelines
As written here (and elsewhere), the COVID era has raised housing law issues nobody had thought of until March 2020. While there are recently approved vaccines, until those vaccines are
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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
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HUD Settles Disability Fair Housing Act Case for $34,900
Pursuant 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
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HUD Charges Pennsylvania Property With Disability Discrimination
Earlier 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
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HUD Initiates Religious Discrimination Fair Housing Act Case
Most 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,
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HUD Charges Wyoming Property Owner With Familial Status Discrimination
I 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
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HUD 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
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HUD 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.
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