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Company: Park Forest Residential Cooperative
Penalty: $9,890
Year: 2015
Date: January 9, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: Complainants alleged Respondents discriminated against them by quoting a higher rent and pet deposit in an effort to discourage them from renting because of their national origin (not Hispanic or Latino). Total Value $9,890 ($5,000 settlement monies plus $4,590 waived rent plus $300 rental deposit =$9,890).Respondents agreed to release Complainants from the terms of their rental effective February 1, 2013; the lease was supposed to expire on July 31, 2013, (6 months X $765 per month rent = $4,590). Respondent agreed to return Complainants' $300 rental deposit even though they did not fulfill the terms of their rental agreement until July 31, 2013.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Iowa
Facility City: Des Moines
Facility Address: 2101 East Virginia Avenue
Facility Zip: 50320
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