Reasonable Grounds Housing Cases
Between FY 00 and FY08, 191 charges of housing discrimination were filed with the Human Rights Commission. 130 charges were investigated and of those cases, the Commission found no reasonable grounds in 100 cases and reasonable grounds in 30 cases. In addition, 61 cases settled through mediation or informal negotiation prior to the commencement of an investigation.
The Human Rights Commission found reasonable grounds to believe that illegal discrimination occurred in the following cases (click on the PDF image to retrieve the file):
Advertising:
Housing Discrimination Project v. Rutland Herald (PDCA) (115 KB) 
Housing Discrimination Project v. Times Argus (PDCA) (113 KB)
Disability discrimination:
Columb & LaShay v. Regional Affordable Housing Corporation (PDCA) (563 KB)
Daniels v. Wickart (PDCA) (226 KB)
Dellinger v. Demars (PDCA) (371 KB)
Parker v. Regional Affordable Housing Corporation (PDCA) (755 BK)
Parker v. Spivak (PDCA) (206 KB)
Hostile environment:
Brennan v. Kingsbury Condominium Association (PDCA) (298 KB)
Minor children discrimination:
Austin v. Drown (in active litigation) (59 KB)
Blow v. Cedar Hill Apartments & SULCO Property Management (PDCA) (163 KB)
Christianson v. Woodside Manor (in active litigation) (92 KB)
Clark v. Bianchi (PDCA) (1.1 MB)
Evans v. Mitchell (PDCA) (159 KB)
LaPrad v. Cedar Glen North Association (PDCA) (929 KB)
Lemieux v. Morris (PDCA) (140 KB)
Parks v. Balliargeon (PDCA) (390 KB)
Sargent v. Woodside Manor (in active litigation) (110 KB)
Public assistance discrimination:
Arbour v. St. Clair (litigated settlement) (119 KB)
Grow v. Westbury Mobile Home Park (no settlement/closed) (157 KB)
Horton v. Reed (no settlement/closed) (145 KB) 
Tanner v. St. Clair (litigated settlement) (147 KB)
Young v. P.G. Adams Inc. (no settlement/closed) (332 KB)
Young v. Preston Property Management (PDCA) (473 KB)
Race discrimination:
Cornick-Kelly v. Sisters & Brothers Investment Group (PDCA) (248 KB)
Reasonable accommodations:
Arbour v. St. Clair (litigated settlement) (119 KB)
Manley v. EJL Management (PDCA) (213 KB)
Murray & Choiniere v. Winooski Courtyard (PDCA) (174 KB)
Stewart v. Lake Champlain Housing Trust (PDCA) (387 KB)
Wakefield v. EJL Management (PDCA) (207 KB)
Retaliation:
Anderson v. Vermont State Housing Authority (PDCA) (101 KB)
Arbour v. St. Clair (litigated settlement) (119 KB)
Tanner v. St. Clair (litigated settlement) (147 KB)
Service animals:
Goodrich v. Bycel (PDCA) (143 KB)
Sexual orientation discrimination:
Tanner v. St. Clair (litigated settlement) (147 KB)
