United States v. Hubbard Properties, Inc. (S.D. Ala.)

On August 26, 2019, the court entered a consent order in United States v. Hubbard Properties, Inc. (S.D. Ala.).  The complaint in this Fair Housing Act election case alleged that Hunter’s Pointe, LLC, Hubbard Properties, Inc., and Bethany Petz—the owner, management company, and property manager of a 201-unit apartment complex in Mobile, Alabama—discriminated against the complainant on the basis of disability by refusing to grant the complainant’s request to transfer to a ground floor unit as a reasonable accommodation for his heart condition.  The consent order provides for $40,000 in damages to the complainant, as well as mandatory training and the implementation of a reasonable accommodation policy.