Iowa Realty

Hector Negron, Civil Rights and Realty Specialist ...

Michele Hart, Environment & Realty Specialist ... [Read More]

Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1972 Annual Report Policy Making
In the Hawkeye Realty case the Commission found that "Choose Your Neighbor"cards were distributed only in an allwhite neighborhood and that no blackpeople could be found who had ever received these cards anywhere in thecity. A Cedar Rapids realtor, who had once used the cards himself, admittedthat such cards were used by realtors to maintain segregated neighborhoods. ...

In a case that culminated in a public hearing the Iowa Civil Rights Commissionhas determined that the use of "Choose Your Neighbor" cards byHawkeye Realty, Inc. of Cedar Rapids amounted to racial discrimination. ... [Read More]

Iowa Civil Rights Commission Contested Case Decision Burton Conclusions of Law 2
36. In discrimination cases, an award of damages for emotional distresscan be made in the absence of "evidence of economic or financial loss,or medical evidence of mental or emotional impairment." Seaton v. SkyRealty, 491 F.2d 634, 636 (7th Cir. 1974) (housing discrimination case).Although such evidence may be considered, see Fellows v. Iowa Civil RightsCommission, 236 N.W.2d 671, 676 (Iowa Ct. App. 1988), "[h]umiliationcan be inferred from the circumstances as well as established by the testimony."Seaton v. Sky Realty, 491 F.2d at 636 (quoted with approval in Blessum v.Howard County Board, 245 N.W.2d 836, 845 (Iowa 1980)). Even slight testimonyof emotional distress, when combined with evidence of circumstances whichwould be expected to result in emotional distress, can be sufficient toshow the existence of distress. See Dickerson v. Young, 332 N.W.2d 93, 98-99(Iowa 1983). ... [Read More]