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Description:Both during and long after the membership application process has been complete, special steps must be taken to ensure that individuals are not discriminated against by the cooperative. Both the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibit unfair treatment of handicapped and... moreBoth during and long after the membership application process has been complete, special steps must be taken to ensure that individuals are not discriminated against by the cooperative. Both the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibit unfair treatment of handicapped and other protected classes of persons.
As a board, you must deal effectively with these laws in both your treatment of members and applicants. The lawyers with Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C., have more than a century of combined cooperative housing law experience, and they can help you develop procedures and guidelines that will maximize compliance and minimize any risk to you. less
