Janush v. Charities Housing Development Corp.
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
169 F.Supp.2d 1133 (N.D. Cal. 2000)
Relevant factsFree
Janush (plaintiff), who suffered from a mental disability that her psychiatrist said was mitigated by her two birds and two cats, moved into an apartment run by CHDC (defendant) under a no-pets lease; once CHDC learned of the animals, it evicted her. Janush sued under the Fair Housing Act for failure to accommodate her disability, and CHDC moved to dismiss or, alternatively, for summary judgment.
IssueFree
Whether federal law prohibits the failure to reasonably accommodate disabled persons in residential housing.