HUD DISCRIMINATION CHARGE AGAINST PENNSYLVANIA LANDLORD RESULTS IN $15,000 SETTLEMENT

WASHINGTON, DC – March 6, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that the owner of Breckenridge Plaza Apartment complex in Phoenixville, PA, has agreed to pay $15,000 as part of a consent decree in federal district court to settle claims that the development’s on-site manager, Morris Zelikovsky, discriminated against families with children. In August 2011, HUD charged the owner and manager of Breckenridge with charging families higher rent when they have children and indicating a preference against families with children