Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the lawsuit alleges the onsite manager of the property subjected a gay male tenant with a disability to unwelcome harassment, both verbally and through numerous text messages during his tenancy in 2020 and 2021.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Texas company which manages 55 multi-family apartment properties in and around El Paso has agreed to pay $107,000 to resolve allegations it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
The company allegedly charged unlawful fees to servicemembers who terminated their residential leases early and by denying other servicemembers’ requests to terminate their leases.
A multi-state lawsuit has been filed against Maryland-based Mariner Finance for alleged widespread violation of consumer protection laws, including adding costly, hidden “add-on” products such as credit insurance to the loans of consumers who never agreed to purchase them.
The lawsuit alleges Mariner took advantage of consumers with limited access to credit who were already struggling with debt, and who had few or no other options available to obtain personal loans.
According to the Department of Justice, in 2014 three residents with intellectual and physical disabilities moved into a single- family home in Springfield where they received community residential services from a state-licensed provider.
The groups contend poorly maintained, seemingly abandoned bank-owned homes are prime targets for vandals and decrease curb appeal for prospective owner-occupant buyers.
A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administrative law judge ruled a Long Island, N.Y., landlord violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to rent to a mother and her daughter because of the daughter’s cerebral palsy.
The landlord was ordered to pay damages to the family and a civil penalty to the United States.
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The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has entered a consent order resolving the U.S. Department of Justice’s Fair Housing Act claims against a group of individuals and companies accused of targeting Hispanic homeowners with Spanish-language advertising that falsely promised to cut their mortgage payments in half.
Defendants accused in the scheme allegedly targeted Hispanic homeowners for predatory mortgage loan modification services and interfered with those individuals’ ability to keep their homes.
Butler Snow announced that 198 attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced the promotion of Andréa Moore to vice president of Diversity, Inclusion and Talent Opportunity.
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