Disabled Tenant Has Fair Housing Claims

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 24, 2012

Tags: Civil Rights, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Michael F. Devine, Virginia Circuit Courts

A tenant who could not climb the stairs to his apartment after he developed stage IV lung cancer can sue his landlord for violation of the Virginia Fair Housing Act for its refusal to allow his early termination of his lease due to his disability; the Fairfax Circuit Court overrules defendant landlord’s demurrer to the ...

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