Tag Archives: Tampa Housing Discrimination Attorney
Buffalo Comes Under Fire for Failing to Enforce its Fair Housing Law
Two years ago, a Buffalo resident filed a complaint with a local fair housing organization, known as Housing Opportunities Made Equal, when her request for housing was denied by a landlord after he discovered that she received financial assistance from the federal government. Although the findings of the investigation into the matter were passed… Read More »
Fair Housing Lawsuit Alleges Racial Discrimination
Recently, a national group of fair housing advocates filed a complaint in federal court, in which they alleged that the Fair Housing Act was being intentionally violated at the expense of minority communities in Indiana. Specifically, the groups claim that a number of banks and mortgage servicing companies have purposefully and repeatedly failed to… Read More »
HUD to Delay Implementation of the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Rule Until 2020
Early this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it would be delaying implementation of a rule intended to address housing discrimination across the country until at least 2020. HUD’s failure to implement this rule, which would require state and local governments to conduct assessments of fair housing in… Read More »
HUD Agrees to Settle With Florida Insurer Accused of Violating Fair Housing Act
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reached an agreement with a Florida insurance company that had been accused of violating the Fair Housing Act. According to the complaint, the company had routinely denied insurance coverage to properties that offered subsidized, or low-income housing. Rather than disputing the issue… Read More »
