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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Roger Harris, Hediger Enterprises Inc., Carroll Management Group, Forum Manor Associates L.P. and Forum Manor LLC have agreed to pay $295,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, race and sex discrimination, retaliation Continue reading… Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit in Rolla, Missouri WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners and managers of 23 rental homes in Magee, Miss., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a $95,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the former manager of Park Towers Apartments in Waterloo, Iowa, sexually harassed female tenants at the complex. The lawsuit alleges that Michael Nieman, the former on-site manager of Park Towers, sexually harassed female tenants in WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against the city of Joliet, Ill., alleging that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions, culminating in the taking through eminent domain a federally-subsidized affordable housing development, that would displace more than Continue reading… Justice Department Sues City of Joliet, Illinois, to Preserve Affordable Housing for City Residents WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced late this week that it has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Berlin, Wis., alleging that the city violated the Fair Housing Act by repeatedly taking action to prevent the construction of an affordable housing development by a private developer, MSP Real Continue reading… Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against City of New Berlin, Wisconsin, for Blocking Affordable Housing Settlement Provides $3.6 Million to Ensure Equal Lending Services to African-American Community Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. (CRBC) and Citizens Bank of Flint, Mich., will open a loan production office in an African-American neighborhood in Detroit, invest approximately $3.6 million in Wayne County, Mich., and take other steps as part of a settlement to Continue reading… Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. and Citizens Bank Regarding Alleged Lending Discrimination in Detroit The Justice Department today announced a settlement of its lawsuit alleging that Chandi Biswas, Kenneth R. Scott and Frankie L. Roberson violated the Fair Housing Act by making discriminatory statements against African-American renters at Rolling Oaks Apartments in Clanton, Ala. The settlement, in the form of a consent decree, was approved Continue reading… Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination on Basis of Race in Clanton, Alabama The Justice Department today announced a $1.25 million agreement with Warren Properties Inc., Warren Village (Mobile) Limited Partnership and Frank R. Warren to settle allegations that the defendants violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to grant a tenant’s requests for a reasonable accommodation. This settlement is the largest ever obtained Continue reading… Justice Department Settles Disability Discrimination Case Against Property Management Company for $1.25 Million The Justice Department today announced that South Dakota property owner TK Properties L.L.C. and one of its principals, Scott Terveen, have agreed to pay $30,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to settle a Fair Housing Act lawsuit against them. The lawsuit alleges that they discriminated against three families who lived Continue reading… Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against South Dakota Apartment Owners The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against a Gulfport, Miss., newspaper and a landlord and her agent for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, charges that Penny Pincher, a weekly want-ad newspaper distributed Continue reading… Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Mississippi Newspaper and Two Individuals for Discrimination Against Families with Children
Settlement Provides $2 Million to African-American Borrowers Who Paid Higher Interest Rates PrimeLending, a national mortgage lender with 168 offices in 32 states at the end of 2009, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American borrowers between 2006 and 2009. “It is particularly disheartening then that lenders are often the subject of ill considered accusations regarding discrimination, accusations based upon analyses that lack statistical rigor”- Michael Fratantoni, MBA’s Vice President of Research and Economics Dennis Norman This week the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released a paper, “A Review of Statistical Problems Continue reading… ‘Flawed models’ are cause of false mortgage discrimination findings The Justice Department today announced a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that those involved in the design and construction of two multifamily housing complexes in Davenport, Iowa, violated the Fair Housing Act. The complexes at issue are Kimberly Ridge Manor and Jersey Ridge Manor. The case began when the Davenport Civil Rights Commission filed fair housing Continue reading… Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination in Davenport, Iowa 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 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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