Feds file suit against Euless apartment complex, allege manager discriminated against ‘curry people'
The Department of Justice has filed suit against the owner and manager of a Euless apartment complex accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by denying housing opportunities to people of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent because she found their odor offensive.
The Stonebridge at Bear Creek, located at 2250 Fuller-Wiser Road near the Bear Creek Golf Club, consists of 184 units across 21 buildings, is managed by Nancy Quandt. The lawsuit has also been filed against Stonebridge at Bear Creek, the Minnesota-based owner of the apartment complex, and S&H Realty Management, which manages Stonebridge.
According to the lawsuit filed at the end of last week in Dallas federal court, Quandt told her leasing agents they were prohibited from leasing to Middle Eastern or South Asian people unless there were openings in buildings No. 16 or 18, which were designated for “curry people” — which is what the government says Quandt called them.
“Quandt justified her discriminatory instructions and behavior by saying that persons of the Middle East and South Asia ‘stink,’ were ‘dirty,’ ‘completely destroyed’ apartments, left the walls smelling of curry after they moved out, and made neighboring tenants want to live elsewhere,” the suit says.
More at http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/feds-file-suit-against-euless-apartment-complex-alleging-manager-discriminated-against-curry-people.html/ .
