By approach Edmund published September 09, 2011| FoxNews.com
A patron saint of Wisconsin had violated the fair housing act when it refused to rent a House to a single mother, because, among other things, it is not a man "to shoveling snow", the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is alleging in an action on behalf of the mother.
The name of the single mother has been blacked out in a public release of the prosecution. But HUD alleges posed a rental of a house in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, property manager Darlene Dovenberg and was informed that it would not be able to see the property because it did not have a man around the House of the woman.
HUD said that Dovenberg has admitted that a single woman would not able to manage home confinement or snow removal required, and that she did not want that the prospective tenant appeal to him to help fix things or plough him out.
Dovenberg, however, told FoxNews.com that security was his primary concern, and she was unaware at the time of the Federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex or race.
"The woman called and said that she would like to move in with her baby", said Dovenberg. "And this home is deep in the Woods and has a perfidious alley." He would put the woman and her child in danger. »
Dovenberg, which describes itself as a senior married, said that the House is in an isolated farmhouse where the nearest neighbour is a mile and a half later. She said any potential lessee would require a four wheel drive and the wife did not. According to the Office of climatology State of Wisconsin, La Crosse County gets about 45 centimetres of snow per year
The property was eventually leased to two men, but they have moved and Dovenberg said there is currently a family living at home.
Dovenberg apparently said to a HUD investigator, that it never rents only women with children, "especially not in" the country. But Dovenberg said when she asked representatives HUD to view the House, they have never shown.
"I think just the first responsibility of an owner is the security", she said. "And I take seriously.".
She said to FoxNews.com it rent for single moms, but in others less, remote locations.
Bryan Greene, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Office of the HUD fair housing, said one cannot eliminate any potential tenants based on sex and the Dovenberg made derogatory comments on single mothers in the investigation.
"She said single mothers caused financial problems in the country and seems to have a bias," he said. "It could not determine who gets to rent a House based on their sex."
Case seeks damages for women and others who may have been discrimination by Dovenberg and a civil penalty of $16,000 for each violation.
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