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A few other cases of note similar to Gallagher, Steinhauser, Harrilal et al(rental property owners) vs St. Paul, MN et al.

Armendariz v. Penman (9th Circuit)

An equal protection claim could be established for enforcement of housing and fire codes in an arbitrary and invidiously discriminatory manner.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&case=/data2/circs/9th/9355393.html

Read the rest of the post for more cases and be sure to add the ones you know ot the comment section.

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City of St. Paul Inspection Dept to go to trial for Fair Housing violations.

Federal Court of Appeals ruled today that the combined cases of  Gallagher, Steinhauser,Harrilal (rental property owners) vs St. Paul will go to trial.

This is a very important case on code enforcement being used in a discriminatory manner.  Continue on to read the highlights with inks to the most recent decision.

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Attorney Tristan Pettit is presenting the Landlord Boot Camp again this February.  Prior Boot Camps were very well received, with positive feed back from all that attended

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An interesting, soon to be published Wisconsin case on denial of a rental applicant.  This probably has little impact except for Section 8 applicants, but it could also be a basis for Fair housing questions too.

The Housing Authority denied an application because the prospective tenant had been found guilty in a default judgment on municipal citations for disorderly conduct, and assault and battery

Read the case here

From the  New York Post article ‘DIRTY’ WORDS IN ADS

Here are seven dirty words you can’t say in real-estate ads: exclusive, quiet, private, bachelor, kids, walking and playroom.

Yet HUD’s Fair Housing enforcement guidelines appear to be more reasonable and contradict this article.

Use of the term master bedroom does not constitute a violation of either the sex discrimination provisions or the race discrimination provisions. Terms such as ”mother-in-law suite” and ”bachelor apartment” are commonly used as physical descriptions of housing units and do not violate the Act