Public Housing Tenant Has Cause Of Action Against PHA for Alleged Racial Harassment by Neighbors

摘要

An Ohio public housing tenant alleging racial harassment by another tenant has a cause of action for a hostile living environment, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Ninth District, Summit County, ruled, reversing the trial court ruling. (Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, Nos. 23056, 23060, 2006 WL 3824220 (Ohio App. 9 Dist.), December 29, 2006) Fontella Harper, an African-American tenant of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA), the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, and Fair Housing Advocates Associates, Inc. (FHAA) filed suit against the AMHA and the property manager of her development, claiming that alleged harassment by white neighbors violated state and federal fair housing laws.