Justice Department Obtains $317,000 in Discrimination Settlement with Euless, Texas, Apartment Complex

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 9, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The United States has settled a housing discrimination lawsuit in Euless, Texas, concerning discrimination against persons of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent, the Justice Department announced today. Under the agreement, defendants in United States v. Stonebridge at Bear Creek LLP et al will pay a total of $107,000 in civil penalties and $210,000 in a damages fund to compensate victims of the defendants’ discrimination identified during the term of the agreement.