Fair Housing Enforcement in Kentucky: Presence of Local Human Rights Commissions Prompts More Disability Housing Complaints; Complaint Investigation Resolutions are Similar for HUD and Local Commissions

摘要

This study is an examination of fair housing enforcement in Kentucky as it relates to the effect of local human rights commissions. As studies show that many complainants believe it is not worth the time to file a complaint while others do not know where to file a complaint and/or lack the resources to do so, this study purported to examine whether the presence of a local human rights commission affected the number of fair housing complaints filed. As a corollary, this study also sought to discern whether the resolution of a fair housing complaint was dependent upon whether the investigation was conducted at the local level as opposed to at the federal level, i.e., by HUD.