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The National Fair Housing Alliance and Paralyzed Veterans of America have settled a federal housing discrimination lawsuit against a Virginia real estate developer that built apartment complexes in the towns of Port Royal and Ridgeland.The groups claimed HHHunt Corp. built several apartment complexes -- including Ashton Pointe Apartments on Robert Smalls Parkway and Auston Chase in Ridgeland -- without respect for accessibility requirements.
HHHunt will make the complexes accessible within the next three years and has agreed to pay its opponents' attorneys' fees, according to a statement from the groups. The company also agreed to allow accessibility surveys of nine complexes, including Ashton Pointe and Auston Chase, to determine if they meet federal accessibility guidelines.
The plaintiffs have argued the company has discriminated against people with disabilities since 2002 by not including required accessibility features in multi-family buildings and common areas.
HHHunt agreed to changes that could include altering entry doors with excessively high thresholds, removing large steps that block entry doors, minimizing steep sidewalk slopes, providing room to maneuver wheelchairs in kitchens and bathrooms, and providing accessible parking, according to the statement.
"When the thresholds for entry doors are too high or sidewalk slopes are hazardously steep, people with disabilities are effectively and illegally shut out," Shanna L. Smith, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance, said in the statement. "HHHunt has worked closely with................................
Ashton Pointe apartments of Port Royal named in accessibility settlement - Beaufort News - IslandPacket.com
HHHunt will make the complexes accessible within the next three years and has agreed to pay its opponents' attorneys' fees, according to a statement from the groups. The company also agreed to allow accessibility surveys of nine complexes, including Ashton Pointe and Auston Chase, to determine if they meet federal accessibility guidelines.
The plaintiffs have argued the company has discriminated against people with disabilities since 2002 by not including required accessibility features in multi-family buildings and common areas.
HHHunt agreed to changes that could include altering entry doors with excessively high thresholds, removing large steps that block entry doors, minimizing steep sidewalk slopes, providing room to maneuver wheelchairs in kitchens and bathrooms, and providing accessible parking, according to the statement.
"When the thresholds for entry doors are too high or sidewalk slopes are hazardously steep, people with disabilities are effectively and illegally shut out," Shanna L. Smith, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance, said in the statement. "HHHunt has worked closely with................................
Ashton Pointe apartments of Port Royal named in accessibility settlement - Beaufort News - IslandPacket.com