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Reasonable Accommodation Disability Discrimination Fair Housing Act (FHA)

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Zoning – Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act.

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Typically, zoning variances “run with the land”, and absent a specific time limitation, they continue until properly revoked. See, St. Onge v. Donovan, 71 NY2d 507, [1988]. As a result, variances cannot be made to apply only...more

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What Documentation May a Landlord Require from a Tenant With an Assistance Animal?

Laws regarding service and emotional support animals can be confusing to property owners—and guidance can vary depending upon the type of animal and its function. For example, recently, the Department of Housing and Urban...more

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Service Animals 101: Keep Your Business Out of the Legal Doghouse

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QUESTION: What are “Service Animals”, and to what extent: Must they be allowed on business premises? Can they be refused or removed from premises? ...more

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Landlords Must Allow Emotional Support Animals

Recently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a charge of discrimination claiming (Charge) claiming Missouri landlord Dahms Investments, L.L.C. (Dahms) violated the FHA by requiring a prospective...more

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HUD Settles Disability Fair Housing Act Case For $34,900

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Pursuant to the terms of a formal Consent Order, earlier this month, a property owner/manager in Georgia agreed to settle a Fair Housing Act (FHA) disability discrimination case for $34,900 as well as various additional...more

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HUD Charges Georgia Property Owner With Disability Discrimination For Failure To Approve A Reasonable Accommodation Request...

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Here is a fact pattern professional apartment management should work to avoid. An applicant signs a lease for an apartment home. Rent is due on the first of the month. As is typical in many residential leases, late fees are...more

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HUD Settles Disability Housing Discrimination Case For Approximately $11,000

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced resolution of a housing discrimination case from California for just under $11,000. The complainants are a family with a child who has a...more

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How Allowing Smoking in Apartments Can Lead to a Fair Housing Violation

Many major cities have passed laws prohibiting smoking in public areas. However, smoking still remains a challenge for musicians who perform in smoke-filled clubs in cities lacking those laws. But even if smokers can’t...more

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Service Animals, Assistance Animals, Comfort Animals—And The Occasional Miniature Horse - A Practical Business Guide To Federal...

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Given the menagerie of terms, it is easy to see why some business owners are quite confused about what to do when they are asked to permit an animal in their places of business. Part of the confusion comes from the multitude...more

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HUD Resolves California Emotional Support Animal FHA Case For $8,500

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On October 11, 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that a disability discrimination claim from California settled for $8,500. The agreement resolved a complaint filed by a resident with...more

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HUD Resolves Disability Discrimination FHA Case For $12,000

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced settlement of a disability discrimination Fair Housing Act (FHA) case from San Francisco, CA. A family filed a fair housing complaint asserting...more

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HUD Charges New York Property Owners With Disability Discrimination Over An Alleged Assistance Animal

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In a case filed last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) formally charged property owners in Syracuse, New York with violating the Fair Housing Act (FHA) asserting that the owners failed to...more

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Virginia Offers Guidance For Confirming That Medical Verifications For Emotional Support Animals Are Legitimate

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It is clear that just about all (if not all) of the federal, state, and local fair housing agencies are dealing with the exponential growth of online medical verifications for emotional support animals (ESA’s). I have...more

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HUD Settles Disability Discrimination FHA Case For $11,000

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced that it settled a fair housing case alleging disability discrimination involving a live-in aid. Specifically, HUD reached an agreement with the...more

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Seventh Circuit Sets Proof Paradigm for ADA Interference Claims

Too often, we think of Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) claims in terms of discrimination and failure to accommodate. Employment lawyers typically see interference claims in the context of other employment statutes,...more

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Campus Companions: How To Handle Requests For Service And Assistance Animals

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School officials often receive requests from students with disabilities to bring “service animals” and “assistance animals” on campus as an accommodation. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the...more

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DOJ Settles Disability Discrimination Fair Housing Act Case For $125,000

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Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved a Fair Housing Act (FHA) case against a New York based property management company in which the government asserted the defendants discriminated against a prospective...more

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HUD Approves $20,500 Assistance Animal Fair Housing Settlement

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved a settlement agreement concerning assistance animals and fees charged to residents. To resolve pending Fair Housing Act (FHA) disability...more

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Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development Release Updated Fair Housing Act Guidance on State and Local Land Use...

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Jointly responsible for enforcing the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), the U.S. Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development (“the Departments”) have issued numerous guidance documents and policy statements to...more

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DOJ Reaches $145,000 Settlement Over Access of Emotional Support Animal to University Housing

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kent State University (KSU) reached a $145,000 settlement over claims of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) on January 4, 2016. In 2014, DOJ initiated a lawsuit against...more

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Supreme Court Affirms FHA Disparate Impact Claims

Late last month, the Supreme Court handed down a significant decision affecting rights and obligations under the Fair Housing Act. The Court’s 5-4 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive...more

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