redatlanta
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Hello - I am located In Georgia.
Summary: Filed a complaint with FHA for disability discrimination and failure to reasonably accommodate. Our Developer sold the handicapped parking to Residents. My Husband is disabled. When asked to reasonably accommodate and reassign our parking space or even give an outside space in visitor parking. We were denied. My husband developed a diabetic ulcer on his foot and could not get in and out of our parking space with a cane. He was given a temporary space to park in by the property manager and when a HOA Board members recognized my husbands car he had it towed 8 hours after we parked it. We attempted a cure through the City Zoning office, but got little cooperation. They did come out to the property but have never produced a report. Condo built in 2006/244 units. The complaint was filed June, 2014. Accepted by Federal Investigator on September, 2014. We have a great attorney/Firm who took the case pro bono. Their first Federal Complaint of this nature so they too are not familiar with the time of this - though more than fully capable of handling the case and I have great faith in them.
My question is have any of you ever been through this process? It was supposed to be finished in 100 days from acceptance back in September. The Investigator modified the complaint in January to add in Failure of Construction and Design. I believe she is getting ready to modify it again to add in the Master Board next week. We do not hear from her for months at a time. I am happy to add the Master Board in, but we seem to drag out more months after it is served. She has told our atty she has A LOT of cases, and I believe that.
I really am trying to be patient. Between trying to work this out with the HOA Board, trying to get the city to do something, and having filed this my husband has gone 14 months without handicapped parking. Can anyone give me any kind of time frame that we can expect this to wrap up? I am also confused about the conciliation process. It looks like we should be doing it during the investigation, and we would, but the other side is not willing to yet (if ever they have been pretty nasty to deal with). Lets say we get a favorable ruling for our side - will we have a time to conciliate then? Or is that when the ruling comes down, there is no conciliation, and then it goes to ALJ or Federal Court if she finds in our favor?
Thanks so much for your time.
Summary: Filed a complaint with FHA for disability discrimination and failure to reasonably accommodate. Our Developer sold the handicapped parking to Residents. My Husband is disabled. When asked to reasonably accommodate and reassign our parking space or even give an outside space in visitor parking. We were denied. My husband developed a diabetic ulcer on his foot and could not get in and out of our parking space with a cane. He was given a temporary space to park in by the property manager and when a HOA Board members recognized my husbands car he had it towed 8 hours after we parked it. We attempted a cure through the City Zoning office, but got little cooperation. They did come out to the property but have never produced a report. Condo built in 2006/244 units. The complaint was filed June, 2014. Accepted by Federal Investigator on September, 2014. We have a great attorney/Firm who took the case pro bono. Their first Federal Complaint of this nature so they too are not familiar with the time of this - though more than fully capable of handling the case and I have great faith in them.
My question is have any of you ever been through this process? It was supposed to be finished in 100 days from acceptance back in September. The Investigator modified the complaint in January to add in Failure of Construction and Design. I believe she is getting ready to modify it again to add in the Master Board next week. We do not hear from her for months at a time. I am happy to add the Master Board in, but we seem to drag out more months after it is served. She has told our atty she has A LOT of cases, and I believe that.
I really am trying to be patient. Between trying to work this out with the HOA Board, trying to get the city to do something, and having filed this my husband has gone 14 months without handicapped parking. Can anyone give me any kind of time frame that we can expect this to wrap up? I am also confused about the conciliation process. It looks like we should be doing it during the investigation, and we would, but the other side is not willing to yet (if ever they have been pretty nasty to deal with). Lets say we get a favorable ruling for our side - will we have a time to conciliate then? Or is that when the ruling comes down, there is no conciliation, and then it goes to ALJ or Federal Court if she finds in our favor?
Thanks so much for your time.
