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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Considerations on Criminal Background Checks & Tenancy Restrictions

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 6/27/2023

Numerous condominiums and homeowner associations have Governing Documents, or rules and regulations that regulate leasing, including restriction to whom owners may rent. Many associations base their decisions on the results...more

Fair Housing And Elections

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/28/2020

All right. A couple of readers have asked me to comment on the November 2020 presidential election and what, if anything, the election may mean for fair housing. While I desperately try to avoid politics here at the Fair...more

HUD Charges Wisconsin Property Owner/Manager With Disability Discrimination Related To An Assistance Animal

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/1/2020

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

Federal Appeals Court Holds that Landlord May Be Liable for Deliberate Indifference to Tenant-on-Tenant Discrimination

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/25/2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently addressed a matter of first impression regarding landlord liability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA): whether a landlord may be liable under the FHA for...more

Supreme Court Affirms FHA Disparate Impact Claims

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/22/2015

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

Medical Marijuana in HUD-Assisted Properties: Update Since HUD’s January 2011 Memorandum

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 5/25/2015

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) classifies marijuana as a Schedule I Controlled Substance, which recognizes no medical use. In January 2011, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an...more

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