United States v. Town of Irmo (D.S.C.)

On November 6, 2020, the United States entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement resolving United States v. Town of Irmo (D.S.C), a lawsuit based on a zoning or land-use referral from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  In its complaint, filed on November 16, 2018, the United States alleged that the Town’s failure to grant a homeowner a zoning variance to build a carport on her property to accommodate her physical disability violated the reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification provisions of the Fair Housing Act.  Under the agreement, the Town will pay the homeowner $25,000, is prohibited from engaging in future disability discrimination or interfering with the homeowner’s use of her carport, and must participate in fair-housing training and report to the Division any denial of a request for a reasonable accommodation.