Section 8 Tenant Can Pursue Claim For Disability Discrimination Against Landlord Which Won't Renew Lease

摘要

A Section 8 tenant whose landlord has refused to renew her lease can pursue a Fair Housing Act claim for discrimination on the basis of disability, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, ruled. (Worthington v. Golden Oaks Apartments, Cause No. 3:ll-CV-223 RM, 2011 WL 4729879 (N.D.Ind.), October 4, 2011) However, the court granted the landlord's motion to dismiss claims under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).