Housing Rights Initiative v. Compass, Inc. et al

  1. February 12, 2024

    2 More Exit NY Housing Voucher Discrimination Suit

    A Brooklyn-based real estate agency and a landlord are the latest to be freed from a wide-ranging litigation filed by a housing rights nonprofit accusing dozens of landlords and real estate brokers of discriminating against renters who use housing vouchers.

  2. November 17, 2023

    Group Further Trims NY Voucher Bias Suit Against Landlords

    A housing rights nonprofit told a New York federal court this week it will permanently drop Fair Housing Act claims against two more companies in a wide-ranging litigation accusing dozens of landlords and real estate brokers of discriminating against renters who use housing vouchers, after several others exited the lawsuit.

  3. November 03, 2023

    Nonprofit Drops Voucher Bias Claims Against Companies

    A broker and a landlord are the latest to be trimmed from an income discrimination suit brought by the nonprofit Housing Rights Initiative in New York federal court, while a bevy of other players are still facing allegations they refused to rent to housing applicants using vouchers.

  4. October 05, 2023

    Housing Org. Settles With Broker, Owner in Voucher Bias Suit

    A New York housing organization has moved to drop all claims against another Manhattan real estate broker and building owner from its wide-ranging income discrimination suit, according to a motion filed Wednesday in federal court.

  5. August 23, 2023

    NY Landlord Escapes Sweeping Federal Voucher Suit

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday dropped a Manhattan building owner from a housing organization's source of income discrimination claims in an order that allowed only one landlord to exit the litigation, while several others must remain in the case.

  6. June 05, 2023

    NY Landlord Fights For Severance From Federal Voucher Suit

    The owner of a Manhattan building has urged a New York federal court again to let it fight a housing organization's source of income discrimination claims separately from a sweeping lawsuit the nonprofit advocacy group filed against dozens of brokers and realty companies two years ago.

  7. May 04, 2023

    Housing Org. Settles Federal Voucher Suit Against Realty Co.

    A housing nonprofit organization has settled its Fair Housing Act suit in New York federal court against a realty company that was accused, alongside several brokers and landlords, of discriminating against tenants using federal vouchers for rent, according to a settlement agreement shared with Law360 on Thursday.

  8. April 18, 2023

    NY Judge Won't Redo Order For Landlords In Vouchers Suit

    A New York federal judge refused on Tuesday to reconsider not letting landlords escape a suit filed by a housing nonprofit organization alleging that real estate companies discriminated against tenants who used federal vouchers for rent, ruling that the nonprofit has sufficiently alleged at the pleading stage that the landlords have "no-voucher policies."

  9. March 22, 2023

    Housing Watchdog Aims To Avoid Rehash Of Bias Suit Order

    A housing watchdog urged a New York federal court not to rehash an earlier order refusing to allow 14 landlords and brokers to duck claims they discriminated against tenants who rely on federal vouchers to pay rent, saying the court applied the correct standard for the pleading stage.

  10. February 15, 2023

    NY Landlords, Brokers Can't Duck Housing Voucher Bias Suit

    A New York federal judge refused bids from 14 landlords and brokers to avoid a housing watchdog's sweeping claims that they refused to rent to tenants relying on federal housing vouchers, ruling that the nonprofit organization has standing to sue.