BEFORE THE IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

DARRELL HARVEY, Complainant, and IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION,

vs.

SANDY CALDWELL, Respondent.

DECISION AND ORDER

IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that:

A. The Complainant Darrell Harvey and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission have proven by the greater weight of the evidence Complainant Harvey's allegations that Respondent Caldwell made statements indicating that she preferred to rent to females and that Respondent Caldwell failed to renew his lease for rental of an apartment because of his sex. They failed to prove that Respondent Caldwell allowed females to pay a lower rental rate for an apartment due to their sex.

B. Complainant Harvey is entitled to judgment for compensatory damages for the following amounts and purposes:

(a) rent and utilities: $104.39.

(b) telephone connection charges: $18.00.

(c) gasoline expended in moving: $2.50.

(d) loss of time: $192.00.

(e) emotional distress: $1,500.00.

C. Interest at the rate of ten percent per annum shall be paid to Complainant by Respondent on the award for rent and utilities commencing on May 31, 1991 and continuing until date of payment; and on the award for emotional distress and loss of time commencing on the date this decision becomes final, whether by operation of law or Commission decision, and continuing until date of payment.

D. Respondent Caldwell shall post, within 60 days of the date this order becomes final, in conspicuous places at each of her 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.

E. Respondent Caldwell shall review the publications "Fair Housing Advertising in Iowa" and "Iowa Fair Housing Guide" which are available from the Commission.

F. Respondent Caldwell shall maintain, until November 1, 1996, a log of all prospective tenants indicating the name, address, and sex 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.

Signed this the 2nd day of November, 1993.

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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