News Room | Tag: Litigation (P15)
City of Jacksonville Settles Housing Discrimination Suits, Agrees to Zoning Revisions and Supportive Housing Options
Friday, May 26, 2017
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (May 30, 2017) – The City of Jacksonville has agreed to settle lawsuits alleging violations of federal housing and disability regulations stemming from its…
Home Care For Seniors And Disabled Must Be Enough To Prevent Nursing Home Entry
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Tallahassee, FL – In her 90s and unhappy with nursing home care, Josephine Hollister, wanted only to go back to her home of forty years…
Big Changes Coming to Florida’s Medicaid Long-Term Care Program
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
After more than a year of litigation, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has settled with four Plaintiffs who challenged AHCA’s management of the…
Disability Independence Group and Disability Rights Florida Resolve Lawsuit against Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to Provide Services to Deaf Inmates
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
MIAMI – Disability Independence Group, a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, and Disability Rights Florida, Florida’s federally-funded Protection and…
Disability Rights Florida Files Federal Lawsuit Against Three Beach Apartment Complexes Which Do Not Allow Persons with Disabilities to Rent and Live Independently
Monday, July 25, 2016
JACKSONVILLE – Disability Rights Florida, Inc., the Protection and Advocacy Agency for the State of Florida, with the assistance of attorneys from the Florida Justice…