HUD FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINTS
According to HUD, Lake County complaint cases were based primarily on race,
disability, and national origin. Overall, FY2011 showed the highest number of
complaints, with 30. In FY2012 and FY2013, the number of complaints decreased
significantly, with complaints of 12 and 19, respectively. Thirty-five percent of HUD
cases overall listed race as a basis for the discrimination complaint, 28 percent listed
disability, and 20 percent listed national origin. Familial status, color, sex, and religion
were also represented within the complaint data, but were not as prevalent.
According to the HUD FHEO office, of the 132 complaints filed, 136 protected classes
were listed in the discrimination complaints. Some complaints listed more than one
protected class. The complaints received by HUD are listed in the following table.
Exhibit VI-2.
HUD Fair Housing Complaints, Lake County
Fiscal Year
Filed
Number of
Filed Cases
Protected Classes
FY2008
19
9
6
0
National
Origin
2
FY2009
28
42.86%
10
28.57%
9
0.00%
1
9.52%
10
19.05%
5
FY2010
24
27.78%
7
25.00%
11
2.78%
1
27.78%
5
13.89%
1
FY2011
30
25.93%
13
40.74%
10
3.70%
0
18.52%
7
3.70%
1
FY2012
12
39.39%
4
30.30%
6
0.00%
0
21.21%
0
3.03%
1
FY2013
19
33.33%
4
50.00%
11
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
8.33%
2
TOTAL
132
16.67%
39
45.83%
48
0.00%
2
16.67%
27
8.33%
10
29.75%
36.71%
1.56%
20.21%
7.80%
Disability
Race
Color
Familial
Status
4
Total
Sex
Religion
0
0.00
%
1
2.78
%
2
7.41
%
1
3.03
%
1
8.33
%
3
12.5
0%
8
6.22
%
0
21
0.00%
0
36
0.00%
0
27
0.00%
1
33
3.03%
0
12
0.00%
0
24
0.00%
1
136
0.78%
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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APPLIED REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS, INC.
LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS