Cleveland civil rights lawyer Avery Friedman said that it is the largest amount ever granted to an Ohio civil rights group in a private suit under the Fair Housing Act. According to the consent order, the Shankarans agreed to have their apartment records monitored by the Urban League for two years. They also agreed to attend an anti-discrimination course offered by Metropolitan Strategy Group, a Cleveland Heigh ts fair housing group. The case was unusual because there were no direct victims of the racial discrimination discovered at Butternut Terrace. The evidence was provided solely by testers pretending to be homeseekers interested in renting an apartment.
Discrimination is too serious just to talk about it.