housing and urban development
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Federal judge to Gunnison landlords: Comply with anti-discrimination measures or ‘punishments are going to start’
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A federal judge earlier this month warned a trio of Gunnison landlords who have spent three years largely ignoring an anti-discrimination order that they cannot avoid their obligations any longer. U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher informed David Welch, John Welch and Ruth Welch that whether they actually violated federal law in renting their…
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Feds tell judge Gunnison landlords continue to thumb nose at non-discrimination order
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A group of Gunnison landlords continues to ignore the consent decree they entered into – and now a federal judge’s order – requiring them to cease discriminating against families with children in the condo complex they operate. On July 14, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported that, to his knowledge, David…
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Annual homeless person count uncovers the misery of cold Colorado streets
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It figured that Rena Cayou’s persnickety space heater would pick Tuesday morning’s darkest, most frigid hour to spark and sputter until it was a useless lump of metal. She gathered her belongings and walked to the nearest convenience store where she thought she fixed the cranky thing. When she returned to her original spot in…
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Judge signals openness to arresting Gunnison landlords over discrimination claims
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A federal judge indicated he will recommend a trio of residential property managers in Gunnison be held in contempt, with the potential for arrest, for their failure to abide by a consent decree in which they agreed not to discriminate against renters with children. In an unusual hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter…
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Jensen: In defense of Ben Carson’s appointment to HUD
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How do we know Dr. Ben Carson is unqualified to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development? Because House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said so, calling him “disturbingly unqualified.” “There is no evidence that Dr. Carson brings the necessary credentials to hold a position with such immense responsibilities and impact on families and communities across…
