The Texas branch of the largest residential community management company in North America has been charged with racial discrimination by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, after a homeowners association managed by the company banned renters using government assistance from its community in the Dallas suburbs.
Providence Village, a 9,000-resident town, is home to just one of several HOAs in Texas that had rules prohibiting homeowners from renting to anyone receiving Section 8 housing vouchers, according to a 2023 Bloomberg CityLab investigation. At least three of those HOAs were managed by FirstService Residential.
The HOA in Providence Village has since amended its ban ...
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