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Damages awarded under Equality Act to disabled man that Housing Association tried to evict

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County Court case -

Mr M, a disabled man who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, successfully defended against efforts of his landlord, the Heart of England Housing Association, to evict him from his flat. He was awarded damages after the Housing Association was found to have discriminated against him because of his disability.

Disabled man awarded damages after housing association found to have ‘systemic failings’