The Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research and five tenants have filed a lawsuit accusing Huntington Green Apartments in University Heights of illegally rejecting renters who use housing vouchers.
State of play: The complaint, filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, argues the apartment complex violated a 2019 city ordinance that bars landlords from discriminating against tenants paying with Housing Choice vouchers, commonly known as Section 8.
The big picture: Seven other municipalities in the region have passed similar laws banning “source of income” discrimination…