[nagdu] {Disarmed} Fw: HUD Protecting and Enforcing Civil Rights for Persons with Disabilities
Julie Phillipson
jbrew48 at verizon.net
Fri Oct 21 20:51:43 UTC 2011
HUD Protecting and Enforcing Civil Rights for Persons with Disabilities
Julie Phillipson
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From: White House Disability Group
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Subject: HUD Protecting and Enforcing Civil Rights for Persons with Disabilities
Friday, October 21, 2011
Hello,
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has recently made several important announcements regarding housing for persons with disabilities. Below you will find the links to each of HUD’s press releases, followed by a brief summary of each announcement.
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Hud Charges Philadelphia Condominium Association with Discriminating against Residents with Disabilities
Association required residents needing assistance animals to use service elevators, failed to address harassment and intimidation
HUD Charges Florida Property Owner, Managers with Disability Discrimination
Management refused to relocate resident hospitalized by neighbors’ second-hand smoke
HUD Charges Utah Homeowner Association, Condo Owners with Discriminating Against a Veteran with a Disability
Association and owners refused to accommodate veteran’s emotional support animal
HUD Charges University of Nebraska at Kearney with Discriminating against Student with Disabilities
University denied student's request to have therapy dog live with her on campus HUD Charges Housing Providers with Discrimination for Evicting Tenants Over Visitor’s Support Dog
HUD Charges Washington State Property Owner with Disability Discrimination
Lakewood Mobile Home Park Operator Refused to Accommodate Applicants with Service Dogs
Hud Charges Philadelphia Condominium Association with Discriminating against Residents with Disabilities
Association required residents needing assistance animals to use service elevators, failed to address harassment and intimidation
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging a Philadelphia condominium association with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to revise its “no pets” policy as a reasonable accommodation for condominium residents with disabilities who required assistance animals. HUD's charge alleges that The Philadelphian Owners' Association (POA), which manages the 776-unit Philadelphian condominium complex, required that residents provide burdensome and invasive medical documentation before requests for accommodation would be considered, severely limited access to the complex's facilities for residents accompanied by assistance animals, and failed to address several instances of harassment of residents requiring assistance animals.
HUD Charges Florida Property Owner, Managers with Disability Discrimination
Management refused to relocate resident hospitalized by neighbors’ second-hand smoke
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged an Ocala, Florida property owner, management company, and its employees with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to allow a resident to move to a different apartment after her neighbors’ second-hand smoke twice sent her to the emergency room. HUD brings the charge on behalf of the resident, alleging that managers at a 144-unit low income housing tax credit participant property, falsely claimed that tax law required that they treat the tenant’s request like a new application, requiring new fees and deposits, before they could grant her request. The Fair Housing Act requires landlords to make reasonable accommodations for renters with disabilities.
HUD Charges Utah Homeowner Association, Condo Owners with Discriminating Against a Veteran with a Disability
Association and owners refused to accommodate veteran’s emotional support animal
Association and owners refused to accommodate veteran’s emotional support animal The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is charging a Park City, Utah homeowner association, property management company, and a group of condominium owners with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to accommodate a tenant who required an emotional support dog because of a disability. HUD brings the charges on behalf of the tenant, a Gulf War veteran with a disability. HUD is alleging Fox Point at Redstone, a multifamily housing complex, assessed illegal fees and fines against the tenant and the owners of his condominium unit for the presence of the assistance animal. HUD is also charging the condominium owners for their refusal to renew the tenant’s lease unless he paid the charges. The Fair Housing Act requires landlords to make reasonable accommodations to no-pet rules for renters with disabilities who need emotional support animals.
HUD Charges University of Nebraska at Kearney with Discriminating against Student with Disabilities
University denied student's request to have therapy dog live with her on campus
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging the University of Nebraska at Kearney and five of its employees with violating the Fair Housing Act when they refused to grant a student permission to have a therapy dog live in her University-owned apartment and illegally inquired into the nature and severity of the student’s disabilities. The student, who required the dog in order to cope with depression and anxiety, was seeking an exception to the University’s no-pet policy as a disability-related “reasonable accommodation” under the Fair Housing Act.
HUD Charges Housing Providers with Discrimination for Evicting Tenants Over Visitor’s Support Dog
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it is charging the owner and landlord of an apartment building in Reno, Nevada, with violating the Fair Housing Act for evicting two tenants after a friend with a disability visited the tenants with his emotional support dog. HUD brings the charge on behalf of the tenants, alleging that the DeAngeli Family Trust and Peter DeAngeli, the respective owner and landlord of the property, engaged in unlawful discrimination by refusing to make a reasonable accommodation to the building’s “no pets policy” for a person with a disability. HUD also alleges the housing providers retaliated against the tenants by evicting them when they protested the housing providers' refusal to grant the accommodation.
HUD Charges Washington State Property Owner with Disability Discrimination
Lakewood Mobile Home Park Operator Refused to Accommodate Applicants with Service Dogs
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged the owner and manager of a Lakewood, Washington trailer park with discriminating on the basis of disability. HUD brings the charge on behalf of the Fair Housing Center of Washington, alleging that Deidra Miller, the owner of Terrace Trailers, and property manager Claudia Welch refused to make a reasonable accommodation to their “no pets” policy for testers posing as applicants with disabilities who needed service dogs.
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