Chicago Tribune | Family of boy sues condo group
By Chris Young
Tribune staff reporter
Published August 1, 2004
A family with a disabled child sued their Palos Park condominium association Friday in federal court, saying the association refused to let them install a wheelchair ramp at the entrance of their new home.
The child, Phillip Baron, 14, cannot stand or walk by himself and needs a motorized wheelchair.
The Barons contend that the Baron Condominium Association, which has no relation to the family, illegally discriminated against them under the Fair Housing Act and Illinois Condominium Property Act.
"Under the Fair Housing Act, it's a reasonable request," said Barbara Baron, 40, the boy's mother. "We can't move in until the ramp is installed. It's upsetting."
The act requires the association to allow "reasonable modifications that enable persons with disabilities to use and enjoy housing on par with non-disabled individuals," the lawsuit said.
Barbara Baron submitted two ramp proposals and letters to the association, including one dated June 10 and drafted by an attorney, which the association has not responded to, she said.
The suit demands that the association let the Barons install the ramp and pay damages for "pain, suffering and humiliation" and "willful, malicious or reckless misconduct."
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If I live to be a thousand I will never understand why HOAs do this sort of thing.
2 comments:
she should move someplace where there was already an accomodation, or should have checked whether an accomodation could have been made BEFORE she bought there. she knew upfront her child needed a ramp.
the mother is really stupid to move a sick kid into an existing building he can't access and never will be able to without accomodation.
nice kid. stupid mother.
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