The mission of the Puerto Rico Public Housing Authority is to provide affordable housing, rental assistance and homeownership programs to families and persons with disabilities.
But the housing authority recently paid nearly $885,000 to resolve disability discrimination allegations filed by the agency’s own tenants, according to an agreement negotiated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Read on for reaction from HUD’s assistant secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
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