Daily Archives: May 31, 2011

Refusal to Accept Section 8 Is Not Discrimination

The tenant, who has Parkinson’s disease, hypertension and chronic low back pain, alleged that thelandlordviolated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by discriminating against him due to his disability. He claimedthat the landlordinitially agreedto accept rent under the federal Housing and Urban Development Department’s Section 8 Housing Program and to help him obtain such funds. However, […]