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Fremont Landlord Pays $80,000 for Denying Kids Playtime
California landlord, Woodland Garden Apartments, has agreed to pay $77,500 to families with children and $2,500 to the government as a civil penalty after allegations of discrimination against families with kids.
The lawsuit, filed on October 25, 2013, alleged that the apartment complex maintained rules that discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The rules prohibited children from playing outside in the common grassy areas of the complex and provided that families would be evicted if they violated this rule.
“Federal law guarantees families with children the right to equal access to housing, including full access to their homes’ amenities and facilities,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division.
The settlement resolves a complaint filed by the department after an investigation of complaints by five families who lived at Woodland Garden Apartments and by Project Sentinel, a fair housing organization operating in Northern California.
“An apartment complex may not impose conditions on families with children that they do not impose on other residents,” said HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Gustavo Velasquez.
The consent order requires the defendants to implement a nondiscrimination policy, establish new enforcement procedures for rule violations and undergo training on the Fair Housing Act.
Fighting illegal housing discrimination is a top priority of the department. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin and disability.
fairhousing@usdoj.gov, or contact HUD at 1-800-669-9777.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Housing Discrimination
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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