HIV/AIDS

Human Relations Commission Orders Lehigh Valley Personal Care Facility to Pay More than $63,250 for Illegal HIV Discrimination

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 11th, 2010

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission ordered Canal Side Care Manor, in Walnutport, Northampton County, and owner Lakshmi Kademani, to pay more than $63,250 in compensatory damages and civil penalties for illegally denying equal housing opportunity to a resident because she was HIV-positive. The order took effect Tuesday, Sept. 28.

An individual, identified only as G.D. in order to protect her privacy, filed a complaint alleging that Canal Side Manor personal care facility made her move out because she was HIV positive. The commission found Canal Side's actions to be illegal under the Pa. Human Relations Act, which prohibits housing discrimination based on a...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2010-10-11)

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