The Fortune Society, Inc. v. iAfford NY, LLC

  1. October 30, 2023

    Nonprofit Says Attorney Sanctions Not Subject To Ch. 11 Stay

    A bankruptcy-related automatic stay on claims against a New York City tenant-screening firm should not apply to proposed sanctions on its attorneys, a housing nonprofit that recently settled a bias lawsuit with the company told a federal court Monday.

  2. October 05, 2023

    Nonprofit Claims Rosenberg & Estis Attys Defrauded Court

    A nonprofit organization asked a New York federal court to sanction two Rosenberg & Estis PC attorneys for alleged "fraudulent and vexatious conduct" while advising a commercial real estate marketing agency in the settlement of a housing discrimination suit.

  3. August 15, 2023

    Housing Marketer Settles Nonprofit's Discrimination Suit

    IAfford NY LLC, which screens applicants for affordable housing in New York, won't enforce a ban on prospective tenants with criminal backgrounds and will pay a $500,000 settlement to the nonprofit that sued it over allegations of bias, according to a New York federal judge's order.

  4. June 02, 2023

    NYC Housing Marketer Seeks to Block Bias Suit Discovery

    A New York City housing marketing platform, iAfford LLC, asked a federal judge to put discovery on hold in a case alleging it ran afoul of fair housing law by imposing a blanket ban on prospective renters with a criminal history.

  5. March 06, 2023

    Nonprofit Says NYC Housing Marketer Can't Slip Bias Suit

    The Fortune Society fought housing marketer iAfford NY LLC's motion to dismiss the nonprofit's suit alleging discrimination against formerly incarcerated housing applicants who are Black and Latino, arguing that iAfford NY can't use factual affidavits at the pleading stage and that the company "misstates the pleading standard" for the suit's Fair Housing Act claims.

  6. October 31, 2022

    NYC Housing Marketer Sued Over Refusals For Criminal Pasts

    A company screening applications under New York City's 421a affordable housing program enforces a blanket ban on all prospective tenants with criminal backgrounds, disproportionately harming Black and Latino renters, a nonprofit told a federal court.