KLOSSNER v. IADU TABLE MOUND MHP, LLC

No. 21-3503, No. 21-3544.

65 F.4th 349 (2023)

Suellen KLOSSNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IADU TABLE MOUND MHP, LLC, Defendant-Appellant, Impact MHC Management, LLC, Defendant-Appellant. United States; Disability Rights Iowa; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; MHAction, Amici on Behalf of Appellee. Suellen Klossner, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IADU Table Mound MHP, LLC, Defendant-Appellee, Impact MHC Management, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Jane Hunt , Thomas E. Kennedy, III , Kennedy & Hunt, Saint Louis, MO, Alexander Vincent Kornya , Iowa Legal Aid, Des Moines, IA, Todd William Schmidt , Northeast Iowa Regional Office, Dubuque, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Plaintiff-Appellant.

Abbey Chun Furlong , David C. Waterman , Lane & Waterman, Davenport, IA, for Defendant-Appellant, Defendant-Appellee Impact MHC Management, LLC.

Rebecca Coy , Heather Nodler , U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, DC, Jason Lee , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Nicolas Y. Riley , U.S. Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee United States.

Whitney Driscoll , Cynthia Ann Miller , Disability Rights Iowa, Des Moines, IA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee Disability Rights Iowa.

Haley Adams , Anneke Dunbar-Gronke , Thomas Silverstein , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Chava Brandriss , Davis & Wright, Washington, DC, Heather F. Canner , Davis & Wright, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas Kost , Davis & Wright, Seattle, WA, for Amici on Behalf of Appellee Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, MHAction.

Bridget R. Penick , Fredrikson & Byron, Des Moines, IA, for Defendant-Appellee IADU Table Mound MHP, LLC.

Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns the scope of a landlord's duty under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 to make "reasonable accommodations" for the "handicap" of a tenant. The question is whether that duty extends to "accommodating" a tenant's lack of income by accepting a government housing voucher that the landlord otherwise...

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