October 2018 - Housing Equality Center

Bucks County Apartment Complex Pays $25,000 for Failure to Allow Emotional Support Animals

October 24, 2018

The Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania (“HECP”) and a Bucks County resident entered into a conciliation agreement resolving federal housing discrimination complaints against Dublin Village Apartments for violating the disability portion of the federal Fair Housing Act. In April of 2017, HECP was contacted when a single mom with children learned that her lease at Dublin Village would not be renewed. She was never late with her rent and believed the non-renewal was in retaliation for asserting her rights to have an emotional support dog for her disability. Soon after signing a one-year lease at an apartment complex, the complainant

Delaware County Homeowners Association Pays $31,243 for Failure to Make Reasonable Accommodations for Residents with Disabilities

October 24, 2018

The Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania (“HECP”) and four Delaware County residents with disabilities entered into a conciliation agreement resolving federal housing discrimination complaints against the Valleybrook Homeowners Association (“Valleybrook”) for violating the disability portion of the federal Fair Housing Act. Between August 2017 and February 2018, HECP received complaints from four individuals who live in the Village of Valleybrook in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania. All four requested reasonable accommodations for reserved parking spaces near their units due to disabilities that impaired their ability to walk long distances. The residents were told by Valleybrook that they would not be permitted to