Fair Housing Act

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• Circuit split over whether Fair Housing Act regulates post-acquisition discrimination

  
  Property Law DevelopmentsJoseph William Singer — Authority: 103
  The federal courts cannot agree on the question of whether the Fair Housing Act (FHA) applies only to discrimination in acquiring or renting property or also applies to post-acquisition discrimination in provision of services. The Fifth Circuit held, in Cox v. Dallas, 430 F.3d 734 (5th Circ. 2005), that African ...
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• 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Discriminatory Enforcement Claims

  
  LAW OF THE LAND — Authority: 130
  Bonasera, a Hispanic woman living in a predominantly white neighborhood, installed a second kitchen in her home and in 1999 began renting rooms to boarders.  In 2006, following the complaints of a neighbor, the City cited her for violating City ordinances restricting the use of her property to “one family ...
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• Whitley Case 607 F Supp 2d 885 Denial of Motion to Dismiss

  
  Livinglies's Weblog — Authority: 130
  Whitley 3rd amended Complaint Somebody send me the full text OF THE OPINION. I am having trouble pulling up the full text. VERY IMPORTANT CASE WHITLEY v. TAYLOR BEAN & WHITACKER MORTGAGE CORP. (N.D.Ill. 4-20-2009) No. 08 C 3114. April 20, 2009 Ida Mae Whitley (“Mrs. Whitley”), Clyde Whitley (“Mr. ...
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• No Rush Limbaugh Treatment for Them

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 622
  By Debbie SchlusselThree sports stories in the news today make you wonder why there’s no outcry about them beyond the sports pages, the way there was with Rush Limbaugh’s attempt to become a minority NFL owner.No Rush Limbaugh Treatment for Them . . .Donald Sterling, Tom Cable, Gus JohnsonI mean, Rush was never a ...
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• Housing Discrimination is Expensive

  
  Real Estate Investors Daily — Authority: 128
  Justice Department Obtains Record $2.725 Million Settlement of Housing Discrimination Lawsuit WASHINGTON– The Justice Department announced today the largest monetary payment ever obtained by the department in the settlement of a case alleging housing discrimination in the rental of apartments. Los Angeles apartment ...
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• Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against TK Properties LLC for Violating the Fair Housing Act

  
  Real Estate Investors Daily — Authority: 128
  Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Friday, October 16, 2009 Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against TK Properties LLC for Violating the Fair Housing Act WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against TK Properties L.L.C., its ...
  4 weeks ago

• Targeting Property Listings without Violating the Fair Housing Act

  
  Real Estate Investing For Real | A BiggerPockets Investment Property Blog — Authority: 506
  You’re sitting down to write a property listing.  You know my first rule of marketing: Make it personal.  But how do you do that – and stay within Fair Housing guidelines? The Fair Housing Act, explained The purpose of the Fair Housing Act is to ensure that a person can buy or rent a house or apartment ...
  4 weeks ago

• Domestic violence victim says eviction is sex discrimination

  
  Chicago Bar-tender — Authority: 601
  A woman is suing her former apartment complex for sex discrimination after she was evicted following a series of incidents where her fiancee beat her, raped her and threatened to kill her at gunpoint. According to the complaint, on September 15, 2007, plaintiff Kathy Cleaves Milan moved into the Elm Creek Apartment ...
  6 weeks ago

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