Accessible Housing

Accessible Housing

• Potential Landmark Accessibility Case Heads to Trial

  Last month, Christopher Hanback, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the Holland & Knight law firm, expressed optimism that a district-court judge would uphold a summary judgment rejection in a case the Justice Department (DOJ) filed against Dallas-based JPI Apartment Construction. Others...

   

• New Fair Housing Report Questions Current Standards

  A new fair housing report commissioned by the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) challenges whether the current standards and existing safe harbors are the only means of achieving accessibility.

   

• ERC Fair Housing Suit Thrown Out

  In a decision that may have far-reaching implications throughout the apartment industry, the U.S. District Court for the District Of Columbia threw out a suit brought by the Washington, D.C-based Equal Rights Center (ERC) against Atlanta-based Post Properties for alleged violations of the Fair...

   

• Report Shows Spike in Fair Housing Claims

  Housing discrimination in the nation has spiked this past year for two key reasons: Internet advertising and the foreclosure crisis.

   

• Report Shows Spike in Housing Discrimination Due to Foreclosure Crisis, Internet Advertising

  In its annual fair housing trends study, the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) reported that housing discrimination in the nation has spiked this past year for two key reasons: Internet advertising that violates fair housing laws and the worsening of the foreclosure crisis. In fact, private...

   

• JPI, Equity Face Fair Housing Lawsuit, Complaint

  Companies join a growing roster of multifamily firms trying to navigate the complicated, often contradicting, federal accessibility laws.

   

• JPI, Equity Face Fair Housing Lawsuit, Complaint

  DOJ, HUD accuse firms of disability-based discrimination.

   

• Quick & Quirky: March 26, 2009

  MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE Senior Editor Chris Wood rounds up interesting and intriguing news tidbits. This week: black carpets, Henley houses, and man's best friends.

   

• Trammell Crow Residential, Equal Rights Center Agree to Start New Program

  As part of its settlement with the Washington, D.C.-based Equal Rights Center, Trammell Crow Residential Co. has announced it plans to help form the Equal Rights Center Multifamily Housing Resource Program (MHRP). Trammell Crow committed $1.5 million over the course of 10 years to fund the project.

   

• HUD, Philadelphia Housing Authority End Lengthy Dispute

  After months of discussion, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has agreed to extend Philadelphia Housing Authority's Moving to Work (MTW) agreement for another 10 years.