U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v. Kailua Village Condominium Association, et al. (D. Haw.)
On January 29, 2025, the court entered a final consent order in United States v. Kailua Village Condominium Association, et al. (D. Haw.), requiring defendants Jacqueline Frame and Kona Now LLC to pay $50,000 in damages to the complainant and to obtain fair housing training. The complaint , which was filed on August 19, 2024, alleges that a homeowners association, board members, property managers, sellers, and selling agents of a unit at a condominium complex in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii violated discriminated on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by refusing to sell a unit to a man with paraplegia, subjecting him to discriminatory terms and conditions, making discriminatory statements, refusing to make reasonable accommodations, refusing to permit reasonable modifications, and harassing him. Ron Zentner; Certified Management, Inc., dba Associa Hawaii; Benjamin Willoughby; Bruce Stern; Deborah Stern; Jacqueline J. Frame; and Kona Now LLC were also named as defendants in the case. On October 11, 2024, the court entered a partial consent order with all of the defendants except for Ms. Frame and Kona Now, requiring them to pay $112,500 in damages to the complainant, obtain fair housing training, adopt a reasonable accommodations and reasonable modifications policy, and submit to retention and reporting requirements for a four-year period. 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.