Retaliation Complaints And Eviction Actions: Here Is How They Intersect

As professional apartment management team members, we MUST appropriately document the files of our residents.  There just is no excuse not to get that part of fair housing compliance right in our daily business operations.  In this space (and elsewhere) I have made clear that retaliation against someone because he or she has filed a fair housing complaint is against the law.  Furthermore, it is also a violation of our Fair Housing Act (FHA) to retaliate against someone because he or she provided information or otherwise assisted with a housing discrimination complaint.  HUD and various state, city, and county agencies always are on watch for retaliation claims because they go to the heart of discrimination actions.  Everyone with me so far?