Housing nonprofit settles discrimination suit involving Shockoe Bottom apartment complex | Apartment Loan Depot Since 2005 – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Multifamily Loans Nationwide

(RECAP: Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia Inc., a statewide honest housing nonprofit based in Richmond, has settled a housing discrimination case with a Richmond developer, architect and construction company involving an apartment building in Shockoe Bottom. The lawsuit claimed that Historic Housing, SWA Architects and SWA Construction Inc. failed to design and construct The Lofts at River’s Fall at 1810 E. Cary St. in accordance with accessibility requirements for new construction under the federal Honest Housing Act. The developer, architect and contractor agreed to retrofit the property to make it accessible and compensate the nonprofit HOME for hurts of $50,000. The Lofts at River’s Fall is a four-tale apartment building with 129 units, a pool and fitness center that was finished a couple of years ago.)