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Reasonable Accommodation Property Owners

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Navigating Pet Fees, Rent, and Restrictions

Owners Survey, about 70% of U.S. households own pets, up from 67% in the 2019-20 survey. As pet ownership increases, apartment dwellers may face the challenges of finding pet-friendly housing. Apartment leases often come...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 Charges Wisconsin Property Owner/Manager With Disability Discrimination Related To An Assistance Animal

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Pursuant to a release issued last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) stated it charged the owner and manager of apartment homes in Wisconsin with housing discrimination for allegedly refusing to...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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New Florida Law Aims To Put Brakes On ADA Barrier-To-Access Lawsuits

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Responding to the alarming proliferation of lawsuits in Florida alleging that places of public accommodations create barriers to access to disabled patrons, Florida has adopted what appears to be the first law in the country...more

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Property Owners Gaining New Tools To Fight ADA Lawsuits

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Help may be on the way for property owners sued for alleged violations of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). As covered in a prior post, over the last couple of years, Florida has seen a big...more

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