Notice to Potential Victims United States v. Rappuhn (N.D. Ala.)

United States v. Rappuhn (N.D. Ala.)

APPENDIX U

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AT ALLAN RAPPUHN APARTMENT COMPLEXES

On March 8, 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama entered a Consent Order resolving a housing discrimination lawsuit brought by the United States against Allan Rappuhn, et al., and related apartment complex owners at seventy-one apartment complexes throughout Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.  The United States alleges that the units and many common use areas (for example, rental offices, routes to amenities, etc.) do not meet the design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).  As part of the consent order, Defendants have agreed to retrofits of the units and common use areas to comply with the FHA and ADA at the following apartment complexes:

1. Waterford Farms Apartments, Arab, AL
2. Stony Ridge Apartments, Hogansville, GA
3. Sterling Oaks Apartments, Spindale, NC
4. Pinewood Apartments, Pooler, GA
5. Palladian-Jubilee Apartments, Daphne, AL
6. Cedar Glades Apartments, Shelbyville, TN
7. Stoney Creek Apartments, Laurinburg, NC
8. Palladian-Fairhope Apartments, Fairhope, AL
9. Oakland Mill Apartments, Lincolnton, NC
10. Heritage Vista Apartments, Milledgeville, GA
11. Sullivan Village Apartments, Tuscumbia, AL
12. Maple Square Apartments, Jefferson, GA
13. Woodlawn Terrace Apartments, Valdosta, GA
14. Powell Place Apartments, Barnesville, GA
15. Skyline Trace Apartments, Monroe, GA
16. Preston Place Apartments, Quitman, GA
17. Mallard Lake Apartments, LaGrange, GA
18. Brentwood Landing II Apartments, Prattville, AL
19. Villas on Forsyth Apartments, Barnesville, GA
20. Village at Wedgewood Apartments, Cairo, GA
21. Sheppard Station Apartments, Pooler, GA
22. Brookstone Village Apartments, Jacksonville, AL
23. Shellbrooke Pointe Apartments, Fairhope, AL
24. Heron Lake II Apartments, Valdosta, GA
25. Palladian II Apartments, Mobile, AL
26. Kirby Creek Apartments, Cairo, GA
27. Hamilton Place Apartments, Millbrook, AL
28. Belle Isle Apartments, Robertsdale, AL
29. Oleander Park Apartments, Mobile, AL
30. Bradbury Apartments, Newton, NC
31. Canebreak Apartments, Wilmington, NC
32. Valley Ridge Apartments, LaGrange, GA
33. The Park at Rocky Ridge Apartments, Birmingham, AL
34. Palladian Apartments, Mobile, AL
35. Heron Lake Apartments, Valdosta, GA
36. Blue Springs Apartments, Jacksonville, NC
37. Brentwood Landing Apartments, Prattville, AL
38. Bailey Springs Apartments, Lincolnton, NC
39. Orchard Park Apartments, Hayneville, AL
40. Lakeshore Crossing Apartments, Huntsville, AL
41. Cherry Ridge Independent Living Apartments, Birmingham, AL
42. Waring II Apartments, Waycross, GA
43. Liberty Square Apartments, Montgomery, AL
44. Lenox Station Apartments, Rockingham, NC
45. Kirkwood Trail Apartments, Cedartown, GA
46. Cottage Hill Pointe Apartments, Mobile, AL
47. Autumn Ridge Apartments, Jacksonville, NC
48. Windcliff Apartments, Gainesville, GA
49. Ivy Pointe II Apartments, Tuscumbia, AL
50. Hickory Run II Apartments, Jacksonville, AL
51. Eagle Pointe Apartments, Madison, AL
52. Double Creek Apartments, Florence, AL
53. Pebble Creek Apartments, Butler, AL
54. Highland Park Senior Village, Douglasville, GA
55. Glencoe Trace Apartments, Griffin, GA
56. Waring Apartments, Waycross, GA
57. Timberfalls Apartments, Thomaston, GA
58. Evergreen Village Apartments, Cedartown, GA
59. Charleston Square Apartments, Troy, AL
60. Americus Gardens Apartments, Americus, GA
61. Alexander Terrace Apartments, Moulton, AL
62. Parkwood Apartments, Pell City, AL
63. Ivy Pointe Apartments, Tuscumbia, AL
64. Hickory Run Apartments, Jacksonville, AL
65. Harbor Square Apartments, Decatur, AL
66. Westfork Apartments, Jasper, AL
67. Hunter Pointe Apartments, Centreville, AL
68. Meadowview Apartments, Greenville, AL
69. Heatherwood Apartments, Alexander City, AL
70. Applegate Apartments, Florence, AL
71. Shadowood Apartments, Stevenson, AL    

The Consent Order also establishes a Settlement Fund to compensate persons who have been harmed as a result of this alleged discrimination at any of the above-named complexes. You or members of your family may be qualified to recover from the Settlement Fund if you or members of your family allege that you:

• were discouraged from living at any of the above-named complexes because of the lack of accessible features of the apartment or the complex;
   
• rented an apartment but were unable to use, or had difficulties using portions of your apartment or the complex because they were not accessible (including the inability to have visitors who have disabilities);
   
• paid to have any portion of your apartment or the complex modified to be more accessible;

If you believe you have been harmed because of your disability at any of the above-named apartment complexes, or if you have information about someone else who may have been harmed, please contact the United States Department of Justice at: 1-800-896-7743, ext. 2.

You also may write to United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. – G St., Washington, DC, 20530, Att: DJ 175-250-1.

*** You must call or write no later than 365 days from March 8, 2016 to be eligible for compensation, and your telephone message or letter must include your name, address, and, if possible, at least two telephone numbers where you may be reached.