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- Latest news item posted on 09/07/2010 at 02:28 PM
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Discrimination cited in Shorewood Hills
(MADISON, Wisc., Sep. 07, 2010)
-- This spring, Shorewood Hills’ board of trustees voted 6-1 against a proposal that would have replaced the Pyare Square Tower, an obsolete and underutilized office building near McDonald’s on University Avenue, with multi-family housing.
The proposed development would have been a six-story, 67-unit apartment complex for low and moderate income renters. The board gave concerns over fire services, the size of the development and possible financial impacts as reasons for their decision.
Last month the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a village resident, filed a complaint with the department of Housing and Urban Development against Shorewood Hills for discriminatory practices in blocking the project.
The complaint alleges that vetoing the project had a “substantially disproportionate effect on persons of color”. The ACLU points out that, in the Madison area, African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans have a significantly lower income than whites and are “substantially more likely to be renters”.
FULL STORY at badgerherald.com
Culpeper settles housing issue
(FREDRICKSBURG, Va., Sep. 04, 2010)
-- The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors and Supervisor Tom Underwood have resolved a complaint made to the Virginia Fair Housing Office that involved a controversial group home proposed in an upper-middle-class neighborhood.
In a conciliation agreement, neither the board nor Underwood admitted any wrongdoing, but both agreed to mild penalties.
In April, supervisors unanimously passed a resolution declaring that month as Fair Housing Month.
On Wednesday of this week, Underwood participated in a fair housing seminar in Richmond, one that he said was not directly relevant to the complaint filed almost exactly a year ago.
FULL STORY at fredericksburg.com
Ravenna apartment complex accused of discrimination
(RAVENNA, Ohio, Sep. 03, 2010)
-- The owners of a Ravenna apartment complex have been accused of housing discrimination by federal officials for allegedly refusing to rent apartments to families with small children, in violation of federal housing laws.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has accused Testa Family Enterprises LTD, owners of the Royal Arms Apartments complex at 145 Van Buren Ave., of violating the Fair Housing Act.
Federal law prohibits housing discrimination based on familial status, including against families with children.
HUD charges that a single mother with two children recently responded to an advertisement for a two-bedroom apartment in the complex, which is managed by Christine Testa. After telling Testa she had two young children, the mother said Testa told her she did not rent to people with small children and would not allow the mother to view the apartment, according to HUD.
The mother contacted the Akron-based Fair Housing Advocates Association, which conducted three telephone tests to investigate her claims. During the tests, Testa allegedly made statements "indicating a preference against renting to families with young children and/or refused to rent to the tester based on the age of the children present in the household," according to FHAA and HUD.
FULL STORY at recordpub.com
Discrimination lawsuit against major Palm Beach housing provider
(PALM BEACH, Fla, Sep. 03, 2010)
-- Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches Announces Federal Lawsuit against
Major Housing Provider in Western Palm Beach County At 11:00 a.m. today Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. (FHC) will announce the filing of a federal discrimination lawsuit against one of the largest private housing providers in the Glades area of Palm Beach County.
The FHC will disclose details of the Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The complaint in the case describes allegations of one of the most blatant acts of housing discrimination the FHC has ever investigated.
The FHC's involvement began after the organization received complaints about the housing provider forcing all of the families with children to vacate its apartment complex in Pahokee.
FULL STORY at cbs12.com
HIV-positive reverend settles suit with retirement home
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sep. 02, 2010)
-- A former minister settled his lawsuit against an assisted-living facility that evicted him after they found he was HIV-positive.
The Reverend Dr. Robert Franke wanted to be closer to daughter Sara Franke Bowling in Little Rock, Ark., so he applied to live at Fox Ridge, an assisted-living facility. He moved in after fulfilling residency requirements, but after it was discovered that he is HIV-positive, Franke was abruptly ejected from his home, according to Lambda Legal, which took on his case.
Franke and Bowling sued the facility under the Fair Housing Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and state laws.
FULL STORY at advocate.com
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