Landlord declined accommodation for a disabled child’s companion dog
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) has concluded a settlement of unlawful discrimination charges against Fantasy Apartments (now Skylark Apartments) in Northeast Portland. BOLI’s formal charges against the owners and operators alleged that when the mother of a nine-year-old boy with depression and anxiety disorders sought to obtain a companion animal, following a doctor’s recommendation, she was told she could move to another of the respondents’ properties with her son and foster son.
The recent settlement agreement includes a $75,000 monetary payment as well as policy revisions, training for the respondents’ staff and ongoing monitoring by the state Civil Rights Division at BOLI.
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