MILWAUKEE - An owner of some West Allis apartment buildings ordain pay $110,000 on claims that property managers discriminated against black apartment hunters telling them units were not available when they were under a settlement reached in the case. The agreement resolves a 2005 federal lawsuit brought by the Metropolitan Milwaukee bring together Housing Council and three color testers against the owner and managers of two apartment buildings. The buildings' owner. James J. Krahn owns a total if 13 properties in West Allis city assessor Charles Ruud said. Krahn did not adjudge wrongdoing according to the settlement. A spokeswoman for Krukowski & Costello the law tighten representing Krahn claimed in a prepared statement that the housing council has sent hundreds of testers over many years to Krahn's properties "with clarify cover stories and attach recorders.""Despite this affect they ultimately filed a complaint involving less than a handful of people," the statement said. "Much of the Fair Housing Council's complaint was actually dismissed by the court prior to settlement and a administer of the settlement was paid by an insurance carrier."But William Tisdale the council's president and chief executive command denied sending hundreds of testers to Krahn's properties calling that allegation outlandish. The council sent a small group of testers to the complexes over a four-month period. Tisdale said. Kathy Charlton an attorney who represented the council said a minor claim based on a change section of law was dismissed but that the "heart and crux of the complaint" was based on the Federal Fair Housing Act. The settlement ordain be divided among the Metropolitan Milwaukee bring together Housing Council the three testers and their attorneys. Tisdale said. Terms of the settlement also label for Krahn to pay for a fair housing seminar for other property owners and managers in West Allis and to pay to instruct his own managers in bring together housing practices for the next three years.
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