Justice Department Settles Housing Suits
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 1, 2004 --The Justice Department earlier this week announced "its largest settlement agreement ever reached in a design and construction case." DOJ had sued Fugitt & Associates Architects, Inc.; Lindsey Construction Company, Inc.; Crafton, Tull & Associates; and Bond Consulting Engineers, Inc. for violating the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act "by designing and constructing multiple housing complexes in a manner that left them inaccessible to people with disabilities." The settlement affects over 4,000 ground floor apartments in 34 housing complexes in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kansas.