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Date: 01-12-2023
Case Style:
Cintia Macolino v. Sweet Homes Mobile Home, L.L.C., et al.
Case Number: 0:20-cv-61797
Judge: William P. Dimitrouleas
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Broward County)
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Larry Allan Karns
Description: Fort Lauderdale, Florida civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a Fair Housing Act violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 3601.
The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, or engaging in other housing-related activities. Additional protections apply to federally-assisted housing.
In the Sale and Rental of Housing:
It is illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, familial status, or national origin:
Refuse to rent or sell housing
Refuse to negotiate for housing
Otherwise make housing unavailable
Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling
Provide a person different housing services or facilities
Falsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale or rental
Make, print or publish any notice, statement or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination
Impose different sales prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a dwelling
Use different qualification criteria or applications, or sale or rental standards or procedures, such as income standards, application requirements, application fees, credit analyses, sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements
Evict a tenant or a tenant’s guest
Harass a person
Fail or delay performance of maintenance or repairs
Limit privileges, services or facilities of a dwelling
Discourage the purchase or rental of a dwelling
Assign a person to a particular building or neighborhood or section of a building or neighborhood
For profit, persuade, or try to persuade, homeowners to sell their homes by suggesting that people of a particular protected characteristic are about to move into the neighborhood (blockbusting)
Refuse to provide or discriminate in the terms or conditions of homeowners insurance because of the race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, familial status, or national origin of the owner and/or occupants of a dwelling
Deny access to or membership in any multiple listing service or real estate brokers’ organization
Outcome: 01/12/2023 86 STIPULATION re 85 Order by Cintia Macolino (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Barakat, Brian) (Entered: 01/12/2023)
01/12/2023 87 ORDER OF DISMISSAL: The Clerk is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case (With Prejudice) Signed by Judge William P. Dimitrouleas on 1/12/2023. See attached document for full details. (mab) (Entered: 01/13/2023)
01/12/2023 Deadlines Terminated per Order at DE 87 . (mab) (Entered: 01/13/2023)
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