Wardenski P.C. clients Claire Payton and Jonathan Katz have reached a settlement of their federal fair housing lawsuit against their former landlords for refusing to renew their apartment lease after learning they were expecting their first child. The settlement requires the landlords to pay Payton and Katz $137,500, and to take a course on fair housing protections for families with children.

On July 27, Wardenski P.C. filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Charlottesville, Virginia couple against their former landlords for refusing to renew their lease after learning that they were expecting their first child. The lawsuit alleges that the landlords violated federal and state fair housing laws and forced them to move out with a weeks-old newborn during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.