United States v. Avatar Properties, Inc. (D. N.H.)

On May 3, 2016, the court entered a consent decree in United States v. Avatar Properties, Inc. (D. N.H.), a HUD election case.  The complaint, filed on November 10, 2014, alleged that the defendants violated the Fair Housing Act on the basis of disability when they denied a resident with a spinal cord injury a reasonable accommodation by refusing to assign him an accessible parking space.  The consent decree requires the defendants to pay $25,000 to the HUD complainant, to adopt a reasonable accommodation policy and to obtain fair housing training. The case was referred to the Division after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received a complaint, conducted an investigation, and issued a charge of discrimination.