Judge Grants Senior Housing Owners’ Partial Dismissal In Discrimination Suit

Mealey's (March 9, 2022, 4:48 PM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nonprofit fair housing organizations and individuals asserting disability discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), the New York Human Rights Law and Ohio Civil Rights Law against senior housing complexes owners failed to make a prima facie case showing that specific jurisdiction exists, a federal judge in New York held Feb. 28, granting a dismissal motion for lack of personal jurisdiction to an Ohio-based real estate investment trust controlling the entities that own the complexes but denying dismissal motions for lack of standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution and for failure to state a claim against the other defendants....