TAMMY R. COLLINS and LARRY W. COLLINS, Complainants, and IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION,

vs.

HOWARD C. FLOOK, Respondent.

DECISION AND ORDER

IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that:

A. The Complainants Larry and Tammy Collins and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission have proven the Collinses' allegations of race discrimination in housing by the greater weight of the evidence.

B. Complainant Larry Collins is entitled to judgment for compensatory damages for emotional distress in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.

C. Complainant Tammy Collins is entitled to judgment for compensatory damages for emotional distress in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.

D. Interest at the rate of ten percent per annum shall be paid to Complainants by Respondent on the awards for emotional distress commencing on the date this decision becomes final, whether by operation of law or Commission decision, and continuing until date of payment.

E. Respondent Flook shall post, within 60 days of the date this order becomes final, in conspicuous places at each of his apartment buildings in Iowa, in areas readily accessible to and frequented by tenants and visible to prospective tenants, at least two copies per building of the poster, entitled "Fair Housing Opportunity" which is available from the Commission.

F. Respondent Flook shall review the latest edition of the "Fair Housing Guide" or successor publication available from the Commission.

G. Respondent Flook shall maintain, until May 1, 1995, a log of all prospective tenants indicating the name, address, and race of the prospective tenants and date the tenants expressed interest in, and/or were shown the apartment, whether or not they were interested in the apartment after it was shown, and whether or not they rented the apartment. A copy of this log and any leases for housing properties shall be sent to the Commission on request.

H. Respondent Flook shall cease and desist from committing any further racial discrimination in his rental of housing accommodations.

Signed this the 29th day of April, 1994.

Donald W. Bohlken

Administrative Law Judge

Iowa Civil Rights Commission

211 E. Maple Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50309

515-281-4480

FAX 515-242-5840

* Through inadvertent error, the Fellows case is cited as an Iowa upreme Court opinion. It is actually a decision of the Iowa Court of Appeals.