SUN VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK TO SETTLE IN SUIT.Byline: Terri Hardy Daily News Staff Writer A Sun Valley mobile home park with "no children" restrictions is paying the price for alleged federal housing violations in a record-breaking $2.2 million settlement, a civil rights attorney announced Tuesday. Laurel Canyon Laurel Canyon can refer to several things:
U.S. District Judge Robert Takasugi approved the settlement Monday in the class-action suit Noun 1. class-action suit - a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group class action that invoked the 1989 Federal Fair Housing Act, which bars discrimination against families with children. Managers of the Laurel Canyon Mobile Home Estates could not be reached for comment. But Traber said all park owners named in the suit denied allegations of discrimination as part of the settlement. Traber said that even after the 1989 housing amendment was added, rules at Laurel Canyon Mobile Home Estates said "only persons over the age of 18 will be accepted as permanent residents." While 24 families with children who applied despite the regulation were allowed to live there, Traber said she believes the "no children" policies kept other people away. "If you say no children allowed, some families looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. adequate housing in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. would have felt excluded, and not known their rights were being violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. ," Traber said. Under the settlement, owners at all seven trailer In communications, a code or set of codes that make up the last part of a transmitted message. See trailer label. parks are required to institute new rules. They must open their mobile homes, pools, recreation halls and other facilities to children. They must train their managers in fair housing laws, Traber said. |
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