Housing Discrimination Law Protects AIDS Patients, Arlington Judge Rules

From: The Washington Post | Date: December 31, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

The Washington area's first lawsuit charging housing discrimination against AIDS patients got a boost yesterday when an Arlington Circuit Court judge ruled that the patients can be considered handicapped, and therefore are protected under state law.

Judge Thomas R. Monroe rejected a motion by the defense to dismiss the case on the grounds that AIDS patients are not covered under the Virginia Fair Housing Law, which prohibits discrimination against the handicapped, among others. The law does not give a definition of handicapped.

The class action suit, which housing rights lawyers said is the ...

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