CONCILIATION AGREEMENT / VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTConciliation Agreement • March 17th, 2020
Contract Type FiledMarch 17th, 2020On July 22, 2019, Complainant Redact Name (“Complainant”) filed a complaint with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD” or “the Department”) alleging that Respondents/Recipients Napa Valley Community Housing (“NVCH”) and Napa Park Homes LP, (“NPH”), jointly (“Respondents/Recipients”) and NVCH employee Respondent Fernando Yela (“Respondent Yela”) violated Subsections 804(a), 804(b), 804(f)(1), 804(f)(2) and 804(f)(3)(B) of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) (“ Fair Housing Act or “the Act”), by discriminating against Complainant on the basis of familial status and disability by stating that Complainant can only live in a downstairs unit due to his disability, stating that he would not qualify for any unit in the complex unless he had his children full time, requiring him to request a 3 bedroom unit because of his children, and denying his disability-related request for a grab bar in the shower of the unit he might