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Discriminatory Reference Rule Abolished

May 1, 2013, District Court Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. approved a settlement between the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and the Edgewater Park Owners Cooperative, Inc. (EPOC). The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in February 2010 in which the FHJC alleged that two housing [...]

FHJC Investigation Exposes Racial Bias at Bay Ridge Apartment Building

April 29, 2013 The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and three African American testers filed a lawsuit in federal district court (E.D.N.Y.) alleging that the owners and managers of an apartment building in Brooklyn discriminate against African American renters.

This case resulted from an undercover testing [...]

FHJC Uncovers Separate and Unequal Track at LeFrak

On April 25, 2013, the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and a woman living with AIDS who applied to rent an apartment at the 5000-unit LeFrak City complex filed a lawsuit in federal district court (S.D.N.Y.) alleging that one of the nation’s largest landlords discriminates on the [...]

19 Buildings, But No Apartments for African Americans

On April 18, 2013, the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) and four African American testers filed a lawsuit in federal district court (E.D.N.Y.) alleging that the owners and managers of multiple apartment buildings discriminate against African American renters. The case resulted from an investigation conducted by the [...]

FHJC Settles Discrimination Case with NYC Realty Firm

On March 15, 2013, federal Judge Deborah Batts signed a settlement agreement resolving FHJC’s housing discrimination lawsuit against Bond NYC Properties Brokerage (Bond), a realty company with over 300 agents. The settlement provides extensive injunctive relief and a total monetary recovery of $212,500. In the settlement, Bond [...]