Comments on: “Landlord on hook for up to $44K even though bias case was dropped” https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/landlord-on-hook-for-up-to-44k-even-though-bias-case-was-dropped/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 11 May 2009 22:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Litigiator https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/landlord-on-hook-for-up-to-44k-even-though-bias-case-was-dropped/comment-page-1/#comment-48204 Mon, 11 May 2009 22:41:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11047#comment-48204 What amazes me is that not only does the law empower these organizations to claim damages in their own right, and also shake down supposed violators for undoubltedly Orwellian re-education efforts, but the Feds are giving them money to help finance this clearly lucrative racket.

]]> By: Amy Alkon https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/landlord-on-hook-for-up-to-44k-even-though-bias-case-was-dropped/comment-page-1/#comment-48153 Sun, 10 May 2009 12:53:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11047#comment-48153 Get this, from the comments on the piece, by Bader:

And, just for your information, I was renting the apt out to a couple who had 2 children under the age of 12 at the time the FHCOC tried to claim I wouldn’t rent to families with children. I had also rented to a single mom with a 1 yr old daughter. The State interviewed both of them just prior to concluding that I did not have a history or practice of discrimination.

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