The plaintiff/tenant in the U.S. Eastern District Court of Louisiana case  of Henderson v. Five Properties LLC, U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana requested a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and Louisiana Equal Housing Opportunity Act (“LEHOA”), specifically seeking a waiver of a $400 animal fee for her dog which was an  Emotional […]

Four local community organizations and four Buffalo residents filed an appeal of their lawsuit to compel the City of Buffalo  to fully implement the Proactive Rental Inspections (“PRI”) Law. The PRI law, adopted in 2020, requires the inspection of 36,000 rental units to prevent lead-based paint hazards and other unsafe housing conditions, and requires landlords […]