The Outliers of Fair Housing

Fair Housing is pretty clear cut for the most part.  Federal and state laws clearly list the protected classes and outline the ways in which they are to be protected.  There are however, outliers: situations in which doing the right thing isn’t always clear and when it is easy to make a mistake and violate Fair Housing laws.  Most often it is just not realizing someone is a member of a protected class or fully understanding the situation.  Let’s take a tour of some of the less common, but altogether more difficult situations in Fair Housing.

How great leasing turned into a charge of discrimination

Don't panic. The title of this post is indeed scary, but the lesson is simple and quite valuable. Let's dive into this cautionary tale of how zealous leasing without the minutiae of procedural details landed a community in a conciliation agreement with HUD.