In the May Issue of Our FAIR HOUSING NEWS (pdf)

Owners Of Several Apartment Buildings In Suburban Philadelphia Charged With Discriminating Against Families With Children Via Newspaper Ads. HUD charged the couple with illegally terminating the lease of a single mother because she adopted an 11-year old child. The Department alleges that the owners made discriminatory statements indicating that they did not rent to families with children and they discouraged other families from applying for available rental units by understating the number of bedrooms. Read the April 15, 2010 HUD Press Release.

Justice Department Signs Agreement with St. Clair County, Illinois, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities. The Justice Department just announced an agreement with St. Clair County, Illinois, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the Justice Department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns, and counties across the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Read the May 11, 2010 DOJ Press Release.

HUD Charges Two Poughkeepsie, New York Landlords With Violating The Fair Housing Act For Refusing To Allow A Vietnam-Era Veteran Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder To Have A Therapeutic Service Dog In His Apartment . HUD's charge states that the landlords, who manage and own the Apartment Buildings of South Street Builders, Inc., in Highland, NY, retaliated against the veteran by threatening to evict him because he filed a housing discrimination complaint.
Read the March 4, 2010 HUD Press Release.

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Our Network is Our Board of Directors

Baltimore Home Ownership Institute	Baltimore Community Relations Commission
Baltimore County Human Relations Commission	Baltimore County Muslim Council
Baltimore Housing	Baltimore Jewish Council
Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.	Calvary Baptist Church, Towson
Citizens Planning & Housing Association	Community Assistance Network
Governor's Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs	Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors
League of Women Voters of Baltimore City & Baltimore County	Maryland Commission on Human Relations
MCIL - Making Choices for Indep. Living	N. A. A. C. P., Maryland State Conference

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The Reverend Frederick K. Weimert is Board President, &
William P. Kladky, Ph.D., is the GBCHRB's Executive Director, wkladky@gbchrb.org.

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