CONDO OWNERS * Don't throw out those condo/HOA documents or unopened e-mails...the actions of your condo board could be co$tly
Indiana condominium association has had a fair housing lawsuit filed against it for illegally denying housing to a couple because they were black and had children. The lawsuit alleges that the 3 board members refused to allow an engaged couple to buy a unit in the project in 2006.
According to the suit, the association officials did not raise the issue about the buyers' 2 children violating board policy until after they learned the buyers were black during a meeting.
A Long Island condo association has been fined $10,000 for barring a Jewish mezuzah. A Jewish unit owner was stopped from displaying a 4-inch mezuzah on her front door. She won her settlement after a state investigation. NY AG Andrew Cuomo's office indicated that condo members complained to his office when the condo board told members to "either take down their mezuzahs or purchase a screen door costing between $300 or $500 to conceal the object".
A mezuzah is placed on the doorway and recalls the Exodus from Egypt when the lamb's blood smeared on the doorpost "identified" the Jewish homes that God passed over during the plague of the first born.
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