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Spokane Apartment Owner Pays $13,000 to Settle Familial Status Complaint |
January 23, 2009
For Immediate Release
SPOKANE, WA – A fair housing complaint filed by refugees of the 2006 Tennasee tornado has settled for $13,000.00.
Jennifer and James Butler were victims of the 2006 Tennesse tornado and were staying with friends while searching for housing in Spokane. They had two young girls, and Jennifer was pregnant. They heard about an apartment above a business. After viewing the unit they signed a rental agreement with the owner and applied some tornado refugee assistance money towards securing the apartment. The Butlers excitedly shared the news with the friends they had been staying with. To their dismay, that same evening the owner called to let them know that they wouldn’t be able to rent the unit after all because of concern about the safety of the children with large bay windows in the unit. The Butlers offered to sign a liability agreement but the owner would not rent the apartment to them.
According Marley J. Eichstaedt, Executive Director of Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, “Well intentioned concern about the safety of children is not a valid reason for denying a family an apartment. So long as a unit complies with building codes, it is the responsibility of parents to decide whether a dwelling unit is safe for their children.”
The Butlers filed an administrative complaint with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with Christina Mitma, Case Manager for Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, serving as their representative. The complaint was assigned to an investigator at the Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC). After efforts to concilate the complaint failed, the WSHRC determined that there had been reasonable cause to file the complaint due to familial status discrimination and referred the case to the Washington State Attorney General’s office. Prior to a hearing before an Adminstrative Law Judge the respondents agreed to settle the complaint. Under the terms of the settlement, the complainants received an $8000.00 compensatory award for emotional and out-of- |
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