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Below is a summary of Fair Housing Act cases addressed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The facts of these cases and the quotes contained in this article were taken from linked [...]

The Department of Labor has issued a new rule on how to determine if someone is an independent contractor rather than an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new rule will take effect [...]

Early on in the COVID crisis, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“ EEOC ”) issued a guidance for employers regarding the impact of the pandemic on workforce-related topics. In [...]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) has entered into a Voluntary Compliance Agreement with the City of Hemet, California over a claim that its “Crime and Nuisance Free” [...]

About ten years ago, while she was working in rural Appalachia, Stacy Epperson became acutely aware of the need for quality affordable housing. Recognizing this need, Epperson began to explore [...]

On July 23, 2020, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), Ben Carson, intends to terminate a five-year-old regulation known as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (“AFFH”) and [...]

While COVID has certainly slowed down a lot of government activity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continues its work regarding Fair Housing Act enforcement. For those that [...]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has settled two Fair Housing Act cases and filed one new case. The descriptions below are from press releases issued by HUD. While the cases [...]

This month HUD has settled two Fair Housing cases.  In the first case, it was alleged that the owners and operators of certain rental units discriminated against families with children “by [...]

A major challenge facing owners and operators of manufactured home communities involves reasonable accommodations for service and assistance animals under the Fair Housing Act.  Sixty percent of [...]