Discrimination, Residential Real Estate Market

HUD Issues Final Rule Redefining the Standard for Fair Housing Disparate Impact Discrimination Claims

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/17/2020

On Sept. 3, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its final rule on the implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits discrimination in...more

Conciliation And The Fair Housing Act

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/21/2020

Although the economic and personal impact of the global pandemic continues to dominate the headlines, I am seeing HUD (as well as various state, city, and county agencies) ramping up efforts on pending housing discrimination...more

HUD Advocates Broad “Disparate Impact” Liability for P&C Insurers

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 10/21/2016

In February 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development adopted a “Discriminatory Effects Rule,” which established liability under the Fair Housing Act for conduct that is otherwise lawful, but which has a...more

New Fair Housing Rule Extends Liability to Housing Providers for Harassment

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/19/2016

This week, HUD issued a final rule that creates liability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) for housing providers for occurrences of “quid pro quo harassment” or “hostile environment harassment.” The new rule takes effect on...more

HUD Finalizes New Fair Housing Rule for Quid Pro Quo, Hostile Environment Harassment

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/16/2016

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued a final rule that creates liability for housing providers for occurrences of "quid pro quo harassment" or "hostile environment harassment." The new rule,...more

Northern Texas District Court Dismisses Fair Housing Disparate Impact Claim

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/1/2016

A federal court in Texas recently dismissed a housing discrimination claim that was based on alleged disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the latest in a series of decisions applying landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more

Do Your Housing Policies Expose You to Liability?

Lowndes on 9/1/2016

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing rental or conditions based upon protected classes, such as race, sex, religion, and, importantly, familial status. In assessing whether a housing provider...more

Eleventh Circuit Further Widens the Reach of the Fair Housing Act

Baker Donelson on 9/10/2015

The city of Miami brought an action against multiple lenders claiming their practices were discriminatory and in violation of the FHA, resulting in a disproportionate and excessive number of defaults and subsequent...more

ABA seeks supervisory and enforcement standards consistent with Inclusive Communities

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/11/2015

The American Bankers Association has sent a letter to the DOJ, Fed, OCC, FDIC, HUD and CFPB requesting confirmation “in interagency guidance, updated exam procedures, and where appropriate amended regulations that the...more

Not-So-Sudden Impact: Insurers Face A New Breed Of Claim Under the Fair Housing Act (Part 2 of 3)

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 8/4/2015

This is the second article of a three-part series about two recent decisions by federal courts in Connecticut and California: Viens v. America Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co., No. 3:14cv952 (D. Conn. June 23, 2015), and Jones...more

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