Property owner and management company settle with federal housing authorities over disability discrimination claim

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it reached an agreement with Brookside Park Limited Partnership and Peabody Properties South LLC, the owner and management company for Brookside Park Apartments in Atlanta, settling allegations that they violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to allow a tenant with disabilities to transfer to an available first-floor unit. Federal law makes it illegal to discriminate in the terms and conditions of rental housing based on disability. Under the agreement, the companies will pay the resident $10,000 and inform officers, board members and employees of the terms of the agreement. Staffers also must attend mandatory training.