Fair Housing News – Feb 2025
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has ordered Tunic Group, LLC to pay $120,802 in a housing discrimination case, including $60,000 in emotional distress damages, to the complainant. The PHRC […]
Fair Housing News – Jan 2025
HECP and Creekside Apartments entered into a conciliation agreement, resolving allegations that the company discriminated against prospective tenants with disabilities who called to request reasonable accommodations. Creekside admitted no wrongdoing but […]
Fair Housing News – Nov 2024
Earlier this year, HECP conducted testing to support an evaluation of the effectiveness of Philadelphia’s Renters’ Access Act. This ordinance added additional tenant protections to Philadelphia’s existing legislation, defining permissible […]
Fair Housing News – Jul 2024
Every year the National Fair Housing Alliance produces a report on housing discrimination data and trends throughout the nation. In 2023, 34,150 allegations of housing discrimination were reported to fair […]
Fair Housing News – Jun 2024
HECP is excited to announce the launch of our new website. The new site has been redesigned with clearer navigation and new features to enable consumers, housing professionals, and referring […]
Fair Housing News – May 2024
Tenant Turner is a lead management and tenant screening software that provides services for property managers nationwide, including pre-qualification of prospective tenants. Tenant Turner is believed to display thousands of […]
Fair Housing News – February 2024
HECP has resolved HUD complaints alleging that two local providers of rental housing refused to permit reasonable accommodations for prospective tenants with disabilities.
Fair Housing News – January 2024
At the end of 2023, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, and the Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania announced that they are intervening as […]
Fair Housing News – August 2023
On July 7, the Department of Justice filed a complaint against AION Management on behalf of HECP, the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, and the National Fair Housing Alliance, […]