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Behind the Headlines: Lessons Learned from four Fair Housing Settlements - First of Four Articles
Behind the Headlines: Lessons Learned from the Latest Fair Housing News
This is the first of four articles that MHCO spotlights settlements reached in fair housing cases.
DO Enforce Rules Governing Common Areas - DON’T Unreasonably Limit Children’s Activities
Just make sure that the rules don’t unfairly target families with children—or anyone else protected under fair housing law. You may have legitimate concerns about outdoor play activities that could disturb neighbors or damage your property, but avoid rules that specifically target children’s behavior.
Pools and Summer Reminders: New Liability Claims for Discriminatory Management Guidelines
Summer is here again! And the kids have started their seasonal pilgrim- age to the coolest place in the all- age park, the swimming pool. Each year, there is accidental loss of life in private residential pools. Management is not required to provide lifeguards or medical services. As a mandate of federal law (mirrored in the Fair Employment and Housing Act as well), when it comes to common facilities in all age parks, (pools included), parents and guardians are charged with the discretion and power to supervise. This is not a management function. And now, a new case shows that liability can be sought for internal management guidelines passed along to managers from educational course notes!
Phil Querin Q&A: Thirteen Year Old Boy Grows Up - Resident WIthout a Background Check
Question: A family moves into a manufactured housing community with a thirteen year old boy. Five years later the parents vacate the home but leave the boy who is now eighteen. Even though the eighteen year old was never subject to a background check, never signed a rental agreement etc., is he now a considered a resident?