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A fair housing nonprofit secured upgrades at TN apartments. But federal funding cuts could stall their work.

Cynthia Abrams

March 13, 2025

The modifications come after Gross Residential — an Ohio-based company that develops, constructs and manages retail properties — reached a conciliation agreement with two fair housing nonprofits.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Housing, HUD, National Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Council, Trump Administration, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Tennessee Department of Correction will offer more accommodations for deaf incarcerated people after lawsuit settlement

Paige Pfleger

March 6, 2025

Deaf, incarcerated people in TDOC custody will have access to videophones, sign language interpreters and other options behind bars.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability Rights Tennessee, TDOC

For people with disabilities, WeGo Access transit interruptions prompt protest

Char Daston

August 19, 2024

A group of people, some in wheelchairs, sit in folding chairs on a lawn with tall buildings behind them. Some hold up protest signs.
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People with disabilities and their supporters gathered outside Nashville’s Metro Courthouse to protest flaws in the city’s accessible transit system.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, WeGo

Unusable kitchens and inaccessible entrances: Housing complaint zeroes in on Middle TN apartment complexes

Cynthia Abrams

March 19, 2024

Two fair housing nonprofits have filed a complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, claiming that 13 multi-family residential properties — seven in Middle Tennessee — are in violation of accessibility requirements. 

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, disabilities, Fair Housing Act, National Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Alliance

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