Property Management News

The city of Ansonia, CT, along with its housing authority have agreed to settle allegations that they discriminated against minorities and families after demolishing an apartment building. According to HUD, the city and housing authority later reneged on a promise to rebuild affordable units at the site. The building was a HUD subsidized, low-income public housing complex. “These agreements will help ensure that former public housing residents in Ansonia and the surrounding area, including minority households and families with children, have access to much needed affordable housing,” said Dave Ziaya, HUD’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. “HUD... Read more

A Bronx landlord was sued this week for relying solely on tenant referrals rather than advertising vacancies. According to the complaint filed by the The Fair Housing Justice Center, the landlord told a white housing tester posing as a prospective tenant that the company never advertises available rental units because “if you run ads, you get all kinds of things.” Instead, the company relied on tenant referrals. The landlord told one white tester, it is more likely a “good tenant” will recommend “someone good.” The tenant population is mostly white. FHJC says this type of referral process and the decision to withhold units from the open market limits the number of African... Read more