The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged housing professionals based in New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia with discrimination for failing to design and construct a 40-unit condominium development in Brooklyn in accordance with the accessibility requirements of the Fair Housing Act.
HUD initiated a complaint in 2015 after staff found the site lacked accessible routes and entrances into and through the common areas and units accessible kitchens and accessible bathrooms.
Read on for more, as well as reaction from HUD’s general counsel and assistant secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
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