UNITED AFRICAN-ASIAN ABILITIES CLUB, v. VICTORIA TOWNHOUSE APARTMENTS, LLC

    Plaintiff

    • Name: United African-Asian Abilities Club
    • Filing date: February 24, 2020
    • State of filing: California

    Defendant

    • Name: Victoria Townhouse Apartments, LLC
    • Website: www.victoriatownhouseapt.com
    • Industry: Real Estate
    • Summary: Victoria Townhouse Apartments, LLC is a residential apartment complex in Anaheim, California.

    Case Summary

    On February 24, 2020, United African-Asian Abilities Club filed a Complaint in California Federal court against Victoria Townhouse Apartments, LLC. Plaintiff United African-Asian Abilities Club alleges that www.victoriatownhouseapt.com is not accessible.

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Website did not contain a method for texting for more information.
    • Website contains small print at the bottom of pages.

    Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:

    • [US Fair Housing Act of 1988 [42
      U.S.C. §§ 3600 et seq, §3604(c), §3604(f)(1-3), et seq
    • California Fair Housing Act. ; CA Government Code 12925, 12927,
      12955; CA Civil Code §§ 51, 52, 54.3

    Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:

    • All named Plaintiffs seeks injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3613(c) and 42 U.S.C. § 12188(a). Only the named Individual Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief pursuant to CA Civil Code §52. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3613(c), all Plaintiffs request this court to enjoin Defendants to cease their discriminatory practices in housing rental services, rental housing management services, and for Defendants to implement written policies and methods to respond to reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification requests. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12188(a), Plaintiffs
      request this Court enjoin Defendants to remove all barriers to equal access to the disabled Plaintiffs in, at, or on their facilities, including but not limited to architectural and communicative barriers in the provision of Defendants’ rental services. Plaintiffs do not seek injunctive relief pursuant to Cal. Civil Code §55 and
      Plaintiffs do not seek attorneys’ fees pursuant to Cal. Civil Code §55. Plaintiffs do not seek any relief at all pursuant to Cal. Civil Code §55.
    • All named Plaintiffs seek actual damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3613(c). However, Plaintiff Club only seeks damages for itself. Plaintiff Club does not seek damages on behalf of its members; 
    • Only the named Individual Plaintiff seeks recovery of actual damages pursuant to Cal. Civil Code §§ 52 or 54.3;
    • Only the named Individual Plaintiff seeks $4,000 in minimum statutory damages pursuant to Cal. Civil Code § 52 for each and every offense of Civil Code § 51, pursuant to Munson v. Del Taco, (June 2009) 46 Cal. 4th 661;
    • In the alternative to the damages pursuant to Cal. Civil Code § 52 in Paragraph C above, only the named individual Plaintiff seeks $1,000 in minimum statutory damages pursuant to Cal. Civil Code § 54.3 for each and every offense of Civil Code § 54.1;
    • All named Plaintiffs seek attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3613(c)(2), 42 U.S.C. § 12205, and Cal. Civil Code §§ 52, 54.3;
    • Only the named individual Plaintiff seeks treble damages pursuant to Cal. Civil Code §§ 52(a) or 54.3(a);
    • The named Plaintiffs are seeking perspective injunctive relief to require the Defendants to provide obvious reasonable accommodations, to provide the required auxiliary aids and to modify Defendants’ procedures, practices, and policies of the
      Defendants in the provision of Defendants’ rental services. Without perspective relief the Plaintiffs will suffer future harm.
    • All named Plaintiffs seek a Jury Trial and;
    • For such other further relief as the court deems proper.

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