Fair Housing/ADA/Discrimination

My 55+ Community Is Discriminating Against Me. What Power Do I Have? (NY)

Q: My husband and I own a condo in a 55-plus community on Long Island. He likes to golf, while…

9 months ago

Website Accessibility: The ADA and FHA

In recent years, and trending more frequently as of late, we have heard about businesses, big and small, receiving demand…

9 months ago

Horrified by ‘whites-only’ language in their property deeds, Ladera residents worked hard to purge it (CA)

The property deed contained restrictions from an earlier era prohibiting anyone who wasn't "Caucasian or white race" from owning or…

10 months ago

Considerations on Criminal Background Checks & Tenancy Restrictions (FL)

Numerous condominiums and homeowner associations have Governing Documents, or rules and regulations that regulate leasing, including restriction to whom owners…

10 months ago

Delayed Decisions On Accommodation Requests Lead To Trouble

A recent federal court decision in U.S. v. The Dorchester Owners Association, No. 20-1396 (E.D. Penn. Jan. 25, 2023), is…

11 months ago

Resident with disability has right to ‘reasonable’ modifications (IL)

Q: A unit owner in our association claims the association is not required to allow a disabled unit owner to…

1 year ago

Delayed Decisions On Accommodation Requests Lead To Trouble

A recent federal court decision in U.S. v. The Dorchester Owners Association, No. 20-1396 (E.D. Penn. Jan. 25, 2023), is…

1 year ago

Loudoun County 82-year-old asked to pay to make community pool wheelchair accessible (VA)

An 82-year-old man in Loudoun County says he needs wheelchair access to his private community's pool. His homeowner's association says…

1 year ago

Lawmakers want to remove racist covenants from housing contracts (NV)

Kent Ervin, a homeowner in Reno and chemistry professor at UNR, said his 2015 purchase of a home built in…

1 year ago