Recent Accomplishments Of The Housing And Civil Enforcement Section

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send reports to the United States Attorney’s Office for three years. The case was referred to the Division after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received a complaint, conducted an investigation, and issued a charge of discrimination.
On July 3, 2025, the United States entered into a settlement agreement in United States v. Menendez, et al. (D.P.R.). The “election” complaint , which was filed by the United States Attorney’s Office on June 6, 2022, alleges that the owners and managers of a four-unit apartment building in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the real estate agent retained to find tenants for the property discriminated on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act by refusing to allow the complainants, one of whom is legally blind, to rent a unit because they had a guide dog. Josefina Amparo De La Fuente-Mundo, Alicia De La Fuente-Mundo, and Rosalia De La Fuente-Mundo are also named as defendants in the complaint. The settlement agreement requires the defendants to pay $12,000 in damages to the complainants, to attend fair housing training, to adopt a new reasonable Menedez accommodations policy, and to send reports to the United States for three years. The case was referred to the Division after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received a complaint, conducted an investigation, and issued a charge of discrimination.
On June 17, 2025, the United States filed an amended complaint in United States v. Five Properties, LLC and APMT, LLC, doing business as Tonti Management (E.D. La.). The complaint alleges that the owner and manager of an apartment complex in Kenner, Louisiana discriminated on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by refusing to grant a tenant’s requests for