[nfbmi-talk] requesting thoughts

[joe harcz Comcast]

The entity is required to give anything in writing they give to others in 
your most accessable format.

If the City of Hillsdale runs this then it is a public entity under the law 
and is required to cover all requirements of the ADA and Section 504 in its 
operations.

Moreover, the entity that is low income housing is a recipient of federal 
and HUD funds which makes it required to follow both Section 504 and the 
Fair Housing Act.

Now, this is important: If they don't notify other renters in any format 
then you likely don't have a cause of action on this particular issue alone. 
However, there might and likely are other issues.

I still need more details to advise you, but while we get little enforcement 
on ADA and 504 issues there is a lot of enforcement on Fair Housing Act 
discrimination going on nowadays mostly because under the Fair Housing Act 
there are monetary penaltis.

If you wish you may contact me off list at: 810-516-5262
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Welty" <ratking1989 at gmail.com>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] requesting thoughts


> This is low income housing run by my local city of Hillsdale, I rent an
> apartment in a building with about 60 other apartments.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
> harcz Comcast
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 19:57
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> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] requesting thoughts
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Could you give a little more detail please? What type of housing is this?
> Who owns it, etc.?
>
> There may be some fair housing act issues depending upon this.
>
>
> I just need more information to assist you.
>
> Peace with justice,
>
> Joe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Welty" <ratking1989 at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 6:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] requesting thoughts
>
>
>> No one ever gets notices, and if there are any they make no effort to
>> inform
>> me as it is going out of their way to provide that service.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Linda
>> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 18:33
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>> Cc: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] requesting thoughts
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> How are the other tenants being informed, if at all?  My building will
>> leave
>> a memo on everyone's door for major issues.  For instance, the water will
>> be
>> turned off on this date from 10:00 am to noon for boiler maintenance.
>> Would
>> someone in the office be willing to email or call you when issues arise?
>> Would the office manager be willing to do this for you?
>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2014, at 5:13 PM, "Michael Welty" <ratking1989 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Decided to bring a little of an issue up to you guys, not completely
>>> blindness related, but still effects me.
>>>
>>> For over the last day my building's heat has been broken, and I have
>>> not been imformed by any of the of the staff, when it broke, what they
>>> plan to do about it, and most importantly, if anything is being done.
>>> This is just a long string of times they have refused to inform me of
>>> changes or problems in the building, so I wanted some input on if
>>> there is anything I can do to straighten this up. This problem will be
>>> solved completely at the end of March, but until then, I'd really want
>>> to see if I can get this fixed as I have missed some very important
>>> issues that came up because of their failure to notify me of things.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what to do, especially in this latest situation with the
>>> heat being down, and this massive storm and really cold wind coming
>> through?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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