On November 21, 2024, ECBAWM filed a lawsuit in King County Supreme Court on behalf of two renters alleging that Affordable Housing Real Estate Corp. and landlords working with the company, repeatedly and entirely ignored their inquiries upon learning the two families had housing assistance vouchers.  The complaint alleges that the Fair Housing Justice Center conducted a testing investigation which shows an ongoing practice of refusing to work with or show apartments to individuals with housing vouchers. As alleged in the lawsuit, the Defendants’ refusal to assist, negotiate with, or rent to the Plaintiffs constitutes source of income discrimination prohibited by the New York City Human Rights Law.

The plaintiffs are represented by ECBAWM attorney Diane L. Houk and Housing Works attorneys Armen Merjian and Bex Rothenberg-Montz.