The Brave Women of the Olmstead Case: Transforming the Housing Landscape for Persons with Disabilities
Article By: Hope Williams, Supervising Attorney, Fair Housing Project, Legal Aid of North Carolina Readers may have heard of the Olmstead case in connection with housing rights for people with disabilities, but they may not know the story behind it, and why it is so important. Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999) was a... Read More
Fayetteville, NC Apartment Complex Settles Housing Discrimination Complaint Alleging Disability Discrimination; Compensates Tenant and Agrees to Make Accessibility Modifications
Legal Aid of North Carolina recently announced it had settled a housing discrimination complaint filed against Addison Ridge Apartments, and the individuals and entities that developed, owned, and managed the property, on behalf of an individual with a disability who uses a wheelchair. The complaint, filed with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission, alleged violations... Read More
Huntersville, NC Apartment Complex Settles Housing Discrimination Complaint Alleging Disability Discrimination; Compensates Tenant
Legal Aid of North Carolina recently announced it had settled a housing discrimination complaint filed against Belamoor at the Park, LLC, GEM Management, LLC, and an individual property manager on behalf of an individual with a disability with limited mobility. The complaint, filed with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission, alleged that the complainant had... Read More
Property Management Company Settles Housing Discrimination Case Involving Overly Broad Criminal History Exclusion Policy
Legal Aid of North Carolina recently announced it had settled a housing discrimination complaint filed with the North Carolina Human Relations Commission on behalf of an individual who was denied rental housing due to a criminal background screening policy. The complaint alleged that the apartment community, based on its criminal history policy, unlawfully rejected the... Read More