Jeff Greenspan, Subcommittee Chair of News and Development and Web Editor for the Trial Practice Committee for the Section of Litigation of the ABA, authored "Do-Nothing Landlords Can Be Liable for Known Tenant-On-Tenant Harassment Under Federal Housing Act," for the ABA Trial Practice Committee website. The Seventh Circuit recently held that in addition to creating liability when a landlord intentionally discriminates against a tenant based on a protected characteristic, the Federal Housing Act also creates liability against a landlord that has actual notice of tenant-on-tenant harassment based on a protected status but chooses not to take any reasonable steps within its control to stop the harassment. Jeff's article details the Seventh Circuit decision.
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