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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against the owners, developers, architects and civil engineers of Park Place Apartments, a 276-unit complex in Louisville, Ky., for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act. Tweet This Post A federal jury in Detroit yesterday returned a $115,000 verdict against an Ypsilanti, Mich., man for sexually harassing female tenants in his capacity as a property manager, the Justice Department announced today. The jury also found the property owner and his company liable for the illegal harassment. The lawsuit, filed Continue reading… Jury Awards $115,000 to Victims of Housing Discrimination Three North Providence town councilmen, including the President of the Town Council, were arrested by federal agents today on criminal complaints charging them with extortion and accepting a bribe. It is alleged the councilmen accepted a $25,000 bribe in return for favorable votes on a zoning change for a retail development Continue reading… Three North-Providence Councilmen Charged with Taking Bribe from Developer A Baltimore attorney was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to serve one year and one day in jail and to pay an $800,000 criminal fine for rigging bids at various Maryland tax lien auctions, the Department of Justice announced today. Harvey M. Nusbaum pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of Continue reading… Baltimore Attorney Sentenced to One Year in Jail For Bid Rigging at Maryland Tax Lien Auctions A 41-year-old Prior Lake man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in St. Paul on charges connected to an equity-skimming scheme that targeted vulnerable homeowners. United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced Michael Fiorito to 270 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and six counts of mail Continue reading… Former Mortgage Broker Sentenced to Nearly 23 Years in Prison For Defrauding Vulnerable Homeowners A Stockton real estate executive pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento, Calif. to conspiring to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County, Benjamin B. Wagner, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California and Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Continue reading… Investor Busted For Bid Rigging At Foreclosure Auctions Allegedly Concealed More Than $45 Million in Offshore and Domestic Nominee Bank Accounts Mauricio Cohen Assor and his son, Leon Cohen-Levy, each with residences in Miami Beach, Fla., have been charged in a criminal complaint with conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and the Continue reading… Miami Beach Hotel Developers Charged with Conspiring to Defraud United States U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that 40 individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a major mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. The 16-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2010, and includes one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, 12 counts Continue reading… Forty Indicted in Major East Texas Mortgage Fraud Scheme The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner and property manager of a 48-unit apartment complex in Ann Arbor, Mich., alleging that the defendants discriminated on the basis of race or color in the rental of apartments, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Continue reading… Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apartment Complex Dennis Norman Maybe I’m naive, but it surprises me that some property managers (and owners) are clueless about Fair Housing Laws or just blatantly disregard them…particularly owners and operators and large apartment complexes. I’m going to share information on another settlement, and an expensive one at that, the Department of Justice obtained from the property owners and managers to Continue reading… Housing Discrimination is Illegal – And Expensive Author’s Note: I frequently publish stories on actions of the Department of Justice with regard to Fair Housing Laws…I do this not to draw attention to the parties involved in particular suit or case but to heighten the awareness of Property Managers, Brokers and Landlord’s of Fair Housing Laws and the repurcussions of violating them. The Continue reading… Justice Department Settles Fair Housing Suit Against Condo Association Atlanta real estate firms Coldwell Banker Joe T. Lane Realty Inc., Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty Company Inc. and Rodney Lee Foreman, one of their former real estate agents, have agreed to pay $160,000 to settle allegations that they illegally steered prospective homebuyers toward and away from certain neighborhoods based on race and color, the Justice Continue reading… Justice Department Obtains $160,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Atlanta Area Realtors WASHINGTON – Dennis G. Sartain of Hilliard, Ohio; and Bonnie Helt, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit mortgage fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Sartain, the accountant for Tweet This Post Dennis Norman In August 2009 there was a final judgment entered in the case United States of America vs Consolidated Multiple Listing Service, Inc. which stated “Consolidated (CMLS) can no longer deter low-cost or innovative brokers from competing in Columbia by charging a premium price for membership.” At the time CMLS was apparently charging an initiation Continue reading… More Legal Woes for Consolidated MLS The Justice Department announced it has filed a lawsuit today in federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri alleging a pattern or practice of violations of the Fair Housing Act by the owner and managers of Forum Manor Apartments, a federally-subsidized apartment complex, for refusing to rent to African-Americans and males, refusing to allow Continue reading… DOJ Files Discrimination Lawsuit against Property Manager and Owner in Missouri Dennis Norman By:ia Dennis Norman Honestly, I find it hard to believe that there are real estate agents out there that are not aware that it is illegal to discriminate against families with children. Over forty years ago Congress passed Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 known as “The Fair Housing Act“. This act prohibits discrimination Continue reading… US Department of Justice files lawsuit alleging Condo Owner and Agents Discriminated against families Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman When we speak of discrimination in housing it seems many people think of it only in terms of discrimination based upon race. However, landlords and property managers need to remember that the Federal Fair Housing Laws that make it illegal to discriminate in housing based upon race also make it illegal to discriminate Continue reading… Property managers; fair housing laws protect people with disabilities too Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman I would think I would be pretty hard-pressed to find a real estate agent or broker that was not familiar with Fair Housing Laws, particuarly since the topic is covered in continuing education courses. Continue reading… Fair housing reminder |
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