United States v. Housing Authority of New Orleans (E.D. La.)

On October 6, 2022, the court entered a consent order in United States v. Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO), et al. (E.D. La.). The complaint, which was filed on September 30, 2022, alleges that the defendants discriminated on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by designing and constructing eight multi-family housing properties without the accessibility features required by the FHA and ADA. Seven private developers who worked in concert with HANO were also named as defendants in the case. The consent order requires the defendants to pay $200,000 in damages to aggrieved persons, a $50,000 civil penalty to the United States, and to retrofit the eight properties to be compliant with the FHA and ADA.