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HOA violates the Fair Housing Act by denying a service animal in the clubhouse

/ Owner - April 4, 2019

In Sanzaro v Ardiente Homeowners Association, et. al., Docket No. 2:11-CV0-1143-RFB-CWH, 2019 WL 1049380 (D Nev, March 5, 2019), a federal court imposed a judgment of $350,000 in compensatory damages, $285,000 in punitive damages and awarded the plaintiffs attorney’s fees and costs against their homeowners association. Based upon the facts of the case, the court determined that the homeowners association violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq., by denying the plaintiffs the ability to bring a service animal into the clubhouse on three different occasions and subsequently harassing them after denying their request for a reasonable accommodation   Read the article……………………..

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