Town settles in disability housing suit

...District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.The lawsuit, which was filed in December 2005, alleged that the town failed to provide appropriate subsidized handicapped-accessible housing for Dixon and her family.But Kari Johnson, the attorney representing the town, stressed that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing."It's our position in this case that Chapel Hill offered several units to Ms.

Dixon that would have worked or could have worked with reasonable modification," Johnson said.She added that the town entered the agreement to avoid drawn-out legal proceedings.Dixon was living in Chapel Hill public housing with her three children when her daughter was born and diagnosed with "She didn't like the area.

She didn't like the location."Under the agreement town employees would undergo training on the requirements of the Fair Housing Act.

The town also would adopt a reasonab...

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