Recent Court Rulings

Facts: A public housing resident appealed a trial court order granting possession of her apartment to the owner based on her violation of a settlement agreement. The resident claimed she didn’t breach the agreement. Specifically, she asserted that the owner failed to...

Facts: After a local PHA placed an applicant for the Section 8 voucher program on a waiting list, the applicant claimed that he was entitled to, and has been denied, preferential treatment due to his mental disabilities, which include bipolar disorder/manic depression,...

Facts: A disabled resident sued the local PHA for alleged 14th Amendment violations. He claimed that the PHA failed to provide safe and habitable housing by failing to protect him from his neighbors’ unwanted contacts and the obstacles his neighbor placed on the sidewalks...

Facts: A resident sued an owner for unlawful discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The resident claimed that the property manager discriminated against her because she is a Jehovah’s Witness and retaliated against her after she filed...

Facts: A resident and his fiancé sued an owner for housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, and familial status. The complaints were based on certain exchanges they had with property management and staff. According to the lawsuit, a maintenance...