United States v. Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, d/b/a Park City Communities (D. Conn.)
On November 5, 2019, the Court entered a consent order fully resolving the United States’ claims in United States v. Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, d/b/a Park City Communities (D. Conn.). The complaint, filed on November 15, 2017, and based on a referral from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleged that the Housing Authority discriminated on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically mishandling and failing to fulfill requests for reasonable accommodations. It also alleged that the Housing Authority failed to meet its community’s need for accessible units many years after federal regulations and a voluntary compliance agreement with HUD required it to do so. The consent order requires the Housing Authority to institute broad reforms to safeguard the rights of individuals with disabilities, including revising its policies and processes for handling reasonable accommodation requests and developing an inventory of accessible units for tenants with mobility, vision, and hearing-related disabilities. The settlement also requires HACB to pay $1,500,000 to those hurt by its discriminatory practices and a $25,000 civil penalty to the United States.
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