Confidential

Facts

The owners and managers of a Pasadena apartment complex have paid an undisclosed sum of money under a
Consent Decree and Court Order and will participate in a comprehensive fair housing training and advertising
program to settle claims of familial status discrimination.
The Fair Housing Council of San Gabriel Valley, along with Javier and Ana Ramirez, sued Donald Follett and
resident manager Juan Perez in Federal Court, Central District, alleging that the defendants discriminated
against the tenants and on the basis of familial status in the operation of the apartment complex.
Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendants enforced an unwritten policy
prohibiting children from playing outside. Javier and Ana Ramirez lived with their children for
over a year at the 26-unit complex. The RamirezÆ had been legally evicted from their tenancy.
Along with the payment of money under the Consent Decree and Order signed by U.S. District
Judge Manuel Real on Dec. 27, 2001, the defendants must participate in a comprehensive two-
year program under the courtÆs jurisdiction. The terms include fair housing training for each
defendant; distribution to all tenants of new, children-neutral house rules written by the Fair
Housing Council; distribution to all their tenants of Fair Housing pamphlets; family-affirmative
advertising and display of fair housing posters.