Legal Opinion
Batista v. Cooperativa De Vivienda Jardines De San Ignacio
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 2015No. 13-1817PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
The appellant contends the Fair Housing Act’s requirement that landlords must make reasonable accommodations for their disabled tenants entitles her to stay in her apartment of many years, even though she had been told she was no longer eligible for the federal subsidy on which she had been relying to make the rent. She also contends her landlord impermissibly discriminated against her because of her disability in other ways, and also that it retaliated against her for pursuing her Fair Housing Act rights. The District Court granted summary judgment for that landlord, a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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