Oklahoma City 房东拒租带孩子单亲母亲案达成和解：赔偿 52,500 美元
美国司法部（DOJ）宣布，位于俄克拉荷马州俄克拉荷马县的 Oklahoma City 一处住宅租赁物业的业主已同意支付 52,500 美元，就一宗涉嫌拒租带孩子家庭的诉讼达成和解。司法部指控，业主在得知一名单亲母亲将与她的孩子同住后，拒绝把一间一居室公寓租给她，违反了《公平住房法》。
司法部的诉讼于 2025 年 8 月在俄克拉荷马州西区联邦地区法院提起。诉状称，2022 年 7 月，一名女子看中被告名下拥有 36 套单元的公寓小区 The Vintage at Mesta Park：该小区离她的工作地点很近，对面就是她希望送当时 3 岁的儿子就读的学校。她看过一套刚装修好的一居室单元并表示愿意承租；负责管理该物业、并持有该物业所有权有限责任公司的被告 Jacqueline Fox 起初告知她可以获批入住，但当她提到将与儿子同住时，Jacqueline Fox 改口称该物业八年多来没有孩子居住、这里“不适合儿童”，拒绝把公寓租给母子二人。
这名女子随后向美国住房与城市发展部（HUD）投诉。HUD 完成调查并发出歧视指控后，将案件移交司法部处理。根据和解协议，被告须向这名被拒租的女子支付 52,500 美元，并须在 The Vintage at Mesta Park 落实反歧视政策与做法，接受培训以防止今后再次发生包括家庭状况歧视在内的歧视行为。
司法部民权司助理总检察长 Harmeet K. Dhillon 说：“《公平住房法》长期以来禁止房东仅仅因为租客有孩子就拒绝出租。不幸的是，这类歧视今天仍在发生。”美国住房与城市发展部公平住房与平等机会助理部长 Craig W. Trainor 说：“家应当让一家人团聚，而不是迫使一位母亲在头顶的屋顶和自己的孩子之间做选择。”（GSM 据美国司法部通报报道）
Oklahoma City Landlord Settles Fair Housing Case for $52,500: Mother Was Refused a Rental Because of Her Child
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the owners of a residential rental property in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, have agreed to pay $52,500 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they refused to rent a one-bedroom apartment to a single mother upon learning that she would be living with her child, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
The Department's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in August 2025, alleges that in July 2022 a woman inquired about renting a unit at the defendants' 36-unit apartment complex known as The Vintage at Mesta Park. The apartment was close to her work and across the street from a school where she hoped to send her then-three-year-old son. She viewed a newly remodeled one-bedroom unit and said she wanted to move forward with renting it. Defendant Jacqueline Fox, who managed the property and owned the LLC that owns the property, initially told the woman she would be approved to move in; but when the woman mentioned she would be moving in with her son, Fox responded that no children had resided at the property in over eight years and that the property was not “kid friendly,” and refused to rent to the woman and her son.
The woman filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). After HUD completed an investigation and issued a charge of discrimination, it referred the case to the Justice Department. Under the settlement agreement, the defendants must pay $52,500 to the woman who was denied the apartment, implement a nondiscrimination policy and practices, and undergo training to prevent future discrimination, including familial status discrimination, at The Vintage at Mesta Park.
“The Fair Housing Act has long prohibited landlords from denying renters simply because they have children. Unfortunately, this type of discrimination still occurs today,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. “A home should bring a family together, not force a mother to choose between a roof over her head and her own child,” said Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig W. Trainor of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (GSM, based on a U.S. Department of Justice announcement)
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