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WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a Windsor Locks landlord has agreed to pay $115,000 to settle allegations that he violated housing laws by trying to evict a woman whose disabled daughter needed a service dog. Mahmoud M. Hussein will pay $102,000 to compensate the woman and her daughter, plus $13,000 in attorney fees, under a settlement announced Tuesday. Hussein's attorney, David Crotta, declined comment. Authorities say he violated the Fair Housing Act by failing to make reasonable accommodations to his no-pets policy for the tenants, whose dog helped the daughter with her cerebral palsy, seizure disorder and depression. The tenants claimed in a federal lawsuit that Hussein also retaliated by refusing to renew their lease and starting eviction proceedings. Federal law prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability and family status.
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