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Article: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against TK Properties LLC for Violating the Fair Housing Act.
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- Real Estate Weekly News
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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The Justice Department announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against TK Properties L.L.C., its officer, Scott Terveen, and two employees, Ann Wagner and Corey Anderson, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of South Dakota, charges that the defendants engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination by creating a hostile housing environment for one African-American family and two white families who were tenants at Lakeport Village Apartments in Sioux Falls, S.D.
"All Americans are guaranteed the right to live in their homes without fear of discrimination because of ...