POSTDETERMINATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTPostdetermination Settlement Agreement • September 22nd, 2020
Description of the Parties: Complainant is a person with a disability. Complainant alleges Respondents refused to allow her an assistance animal as a reasonable accommodation for her disability, refused to accept a letter from her caregiver verifying her need for the assistance animal, and required her to sign a pet lease. The subject property is a multi-unit apartment building located at 749 W Benton Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52246-5905.
POSTDETERMINATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTPostdetermination Settlement Agreement • January 6th, 2022
Description of the Parties: Complainant is a person with a disability who has an assistance animal, as well as being a parent or person with custody of minor children. Following an investigation, the Commission found there was probable cause to believe Respondents discriminated against Complainant on the basis of her disability by refusing to make a reasonable accommodation for her assistance animal, which resulted in different terms and conditions of rental based on disability.
POSTDETERMINATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTPostdetermination Settlement Agreement • November 30th, 2020
Description of the Parties: Complainant is a person with a disability who has three assistance animals. Two of his assistance animals are pit bulls. When Complainant moved to Earling, Iowa, he learned of Earling’s animal control ordinance, which banned the presence of certain breeds of dogs, including pit bulls, from city limits. Complainant then applied for a variance to the animal control ordinance to allow him to keep his dogs at his home as a reasonable accommodation for his disability. Respondent initially granted the variance in January 2018, but then cited Complainant for holding dogs of a prohibited breed within city limits in August 2018. The Commission found there was probable cause to believe denial of the requested variance constitutes a failure to make a reasonable accommodation and has resulted in different terms and conditions of rental based on disability.
