Comments on: FAIR HOUSING – PART 2: Interesting Statistics from HUD’s 2008 Annual Report http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/07/10/fair-housing-part-2-interesting-statistics-from-huds-2008-annual-report/ Tristan's Landlord - Tenant Law Blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:15:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/07/10/fair-housing-part-2-interesting-statistics-from-huds-2008-annual-report/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:35:33 +0000 http://petriestocking.com/blog/?p=196#comment-568 Shei - Thanks for your comments and questions. Being investigated by the federal government is never fun. I have represented many clients that have had both federal and state discrimination claims filed against them and the investigations do drag on an on. I had one last over 1 year. The internal rules that govern the investigation seem to allow the agency to keep prolonging the investigation if they want to, so I empathize with you. The clients that I have represented on these claims have also had their current tenants interviewed, their past tenatns interviewed and even neighbors. The investigative agency even got upset when we could not provide them with the current addresses of past tenants - like past tenants stay in touch with us or something : ). I would suggest that you contact a lawyer in your area that has experience with housing discrimination claims and possibly s/he can assist you in speeding up the process or limiting the intrusiveness of it ---- bu I can attest that it is difficult to do. Shei – Thanks for your comments and questions. Being investigated by the federal government is never fun. I have represented many clients that have had both federal and state discrimination claims filed against them and the investigations do drag on an on. I had one last over 1 year. The internal rules that govern the investigation seem to allow the agency to keep prolonging the investigation if they want to, so I empathize with you.

The clients that I have represented on these claims have also had their current tenants interviewed, their past tenatns interviewed and even neighbors. The investigative agency even got upset when we could not provide them with the current addresses of past tenants – like past tenants stay in touch with us or something : ).

I would suggest that you contact a lawyer in your area that has experience with housing discrimination claims and possibly s/he can assist you in speeding up the process or limiting the intrusiveness of it —- bu I can attest that it is difficult to do.

]]> By: Sheri http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/07/10/fair-housing-part-2-interesting-statistics-from-huds-2008-annual-report/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Sheri Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:18:03 +0000 http://petriestocking.com/blog/?p=196#comment-564 I am a landlord and I am being investigated now by hud. They had a complaint I believe back in December and it is still going on. Is that right? The complaint is that I discriminated on showing unit to this particular family. It shows that I called him back eventually to show him the property. Why did he not come and look at it? Also this investigator is calling all my other tenants who have families and I don't think that is right and to disclose all this information about me being investigaged. What rights do I have? I am a landlord and I am being investigated now by hud. They had a complaint I believe back in December and it is still going on. Is that right? The complaint is that I discriminated on showing unit to this particular family. It shows that I called him back eventually to show him the property. Why did he not come and look at it? Also this investigator is calling all my other tenants who have families and I don’t think that is right and to disclose all this information about me being investigaged. What rights do I have?

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