CONCILIATION AGREEMENT / VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENTConciliation Agreement / Voluntary Compliance Agreement • August 15th, 2018
Contract Type FiledAugust 15th, 2018On January 4, 2018, Complainant Name Redacted (“Complainant”), who is physically disabled and uses a wheelchair, filed a complaint with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD” or “the Department”) alleging that Christian Church Homes, Garfield Park Village LP, and Karen Gracida-Ankele (collectively, “Respondents/ Recipients”) violated §§ 804(f)(1) and 804(f)(3)(B) of the Fair Housing Act as amended in 1988, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq. (“the Act”) by renting a wheelchair accessible unit for which she applied to a non-disabled tenant who applied at a later date, because Complainant made a series of reasonable accommodation requests to modify the unit. Complainant further alleged that Respondents/Recipients unreasonably delayed a response to these requests and then issued an unlawful denial. The complaint also alleged noncompliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("Section 504"). This Conciliation/Voluntary Compliance Agreement resolves the compl