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Legal Aid Of NC Settles Accessibility Complaints Against Five Triad Apartments Complexes

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Legal Aid of North Carolina has settled housing discrimination complaints against five apartment complexes in the Triad. 

The complaints were filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleging that the apartment complexes were inaccessible to people with disabilities. That would place them out of compliance with the federal Fair Housing Act. Three of the complexes are in Guilford County, and two are in Forsyth County.

According to a news release, a conciliation agreement has been reached with all five properties. HUD has approved accessibility modifications to 325 ground floor units as well as to common areas. Modifications will include providing accessible routes to apartment units, retrofitting interior and garage spaces, and repositioning access to recreation areas. The total cost of the modifications is expected to be $1.3 million.

Builders, architects, and owners will also be required to undergo training on federal housing requirements for people with disabilities.

The complexes involved are Brightwood Crossing Apartments in Whitsett; Chamberlain Place Apartments in Clemmons; Granite Ridge Apartment in Greensboro; Lafayette Landing Apartments in Jamestown; and Robinhood Court Apartments in Winston-Salem.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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