Fair Housing

Fair Housing

• Industry Secures Summary Judgment in Accessibility Case

  Last month, the apartment industry scored what the National Multi Housing Council terms a “significant victory” as a judge rejected a Justice Department (DOJ) request for summary judgment in a case filed against Dallas-based JPI Apartment Construction.

   

• Fair Housing Organizations File Federal Lawsuit Against S.C. Bodner Co.

  One of the country’s largest multifamily developers, Indianapolis-based S.C. Bodner Co., faces allegations of fair housing discrimination.

   

• 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.

   
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  More Fair Housing Suits Expected

  The pace of fair housing lawsuits levied against multifamily developers is likely to continue unabated.

   

• Spanos Fallout: IBS Panel Says Expect More, Not Less Fair Housing Suits

  Despite a landmark fair housing settlement between the National Fair Housing Alliance and the A.G. Spanos Cos. announced earlier this month, the pace of fair housing lawsuits levied against multifamily developers is likely to continue unabated, said a panel of experts at the International Builder...

   
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  ERC's Fair Housing Suit is Dismissed

  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 Equa

   
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  News Bites: November 2009

  RealPage acquires EverGreen Solutions, Wood Partners eschews development business, ERC fair housing suit thrown out, and other industry news.

   

• Affordable Housing Now Protected Class in North Carolina

  North Carolina recently added affordable housing as a protected class in its fair housing law. A diverse team of affordable housing advocates and housing associations pushed the bill as a way to prevent local government discrimination against affordable housing and stimulate new development...

   
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  St. Bernard Parish Project Close to Approval

  Dallas-based Provident Realty Advisors is hopeful that its epic struggle to get a mixed-income apartment community approved in Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish will finally come to an end with the issuance of building permits late this week or early next week.

   

• 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...