United States v. Mohamed Bacchus and Alan Zander (E.D. Pa.)

On February 1, 2022, the Court entered a consent order resolving United States v. Mohamed Bacchus and Alan Zander (E.D. Pa.), a Fair Housing Act (FHA) election complaint filed by the United States on August 18, 2021. The complaint alleges that defendants discriminated on the basis of familial status and disability related to their refusal to allow the complainant, who was recovering from addiction to alcohol, to move his pregnant girlfriend and her child into his unit. Under the consent order the defendants will pay a total of $75,000 to the complainant and his child and take actions directed towards preventing future unlawful discrimination, including undergoing training and implementing nondiscrimination policies on the FHA in connection with the rental and management of residential properties. 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.