In addressing
state fair housing violations, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, affirmed the Division of Human Rights (DHR) finding of liability for racial steering, left the $ 10,000 punitive damages award intact, and remitted the case to DHR to reduce the compensatory award from $ 30,000 to no more than $ 5,000.
Not exact matches
The women allege
violations of federal and
state laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the California
Fair Employment and
Housing Act.»
Other groups like
state housing agencies or private
fair housing organizations can send testers to check your compliance and can sue for
violations found by those testers.
The couple filed a lawsuit alleging
violations of the FHA and
state fair housing laws.
A federal court considered whether a
housing group could bring a lawsuit against a landlord alleging
violations of both the federal and
state fair housing laws, based entirely on a three - minute phone conversation between a tester for the group and a representative of the owner.
The United
States Department of Justice («DOJ») has obtained a record judgment for
violations of the federal
Fair Housing Act («Act») from a landlord in Missouri.
Any action taken by an agent or employee that results in unequal service, treatment, or behavior to applicants or tenants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sex, or additional protected classes as instituted on a
state or local level may constitute a
violation of
state and federal
fair housing laws.