On August 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it had charged Kent State University, in Ohio, with violating the federal Fair Housing Act …
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HUD-DOJ Joint Statement on Accessibility (Design & Construction) Requirements (April 30, 2013)
HUD Notice PIH 2010-26, “Non-Discrimination and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities”
HUD Memo re New ADA Regulations and Assistance Animals as Reasonable Accommodations (2/17/11)
HUD DOJ Joint Statement on Reasonable Accommodations
HUD-DOJ Joint Statement on Reasonable Modifications
HUD Charges University with Housing Discrimination for Denying Student Support Animal in Student Housing
15th Anniversary of Olmsted Decision
Fifteen years ago this month — on June 22, 1999 — the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Olmstead v. L.C. (“Olmsted“), finding that the unjustified segregation …
DOJ Issues Technical Assistance on ADA
On January 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has published two new technical assistance documents to assist individuals understand how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) …
HUD Finds City of Dallas in Noncompliance with Fair Housing Laws
In a 29-page letter dated November 22, 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that the City of Dallas, TX, was in noncompliance with a number …