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Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability Discrimination in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced this week a settlement of its lawsuit alleging that Equity Homes Inc, PBR LLC, BBR LLC and Shane Hartung violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by failing to provide features that would make their multi-family housing developments in Sioux Falls accessible to people with disabilities

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Justice Department Settles Disability Discrimination Suit Against Michigan Developer, Enclave Development LLC, and Architects, Robert Lipka P.C., and Chester Stempien and Associates

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the developer and designers of an apartment complex in Washington Township, Mich., have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act when they designed and constructed a 200 unit apartment complex with steps to the front door and other barriers that make

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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-based Housing Discrimination at Louisville, Kentucky, Apartment Complex

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.

Property managers; fair housing laws protect people with disabilities too

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

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