(The Oregonian)
April 30, 2012
PORTLAND, OREGON– [Excerpt provided by Inclusion Daily Express] A deaf student and the Fair Housing Council of Oregon are suing Portland State University for more than $1 million claiming that the university has repeatedly discriminated against students with disabilities.
Student Cindy Leland claims that in fall 2010 university housing employees refused to let her and her service dog live in Stephen Epler Hall because it was carpeted. She and her dog instead were allowed to move into another university building, The Broadway, which does not have carpets.
She alleges she was routinely harassed — she believes because of her disability — with knocks on the door at night. Her dog had been trained to alert her to the knocks, and Leland would get up to discover no one at her door. She ended up sleeping only a few hours a night during finals week. After officials declined her request to install a security camera and the knocks grew more frequent, she moved out.
The suit states that the Fair Housing Council was aware of at least two other students who had service animals and encountered housing problems. The university threatened to evict one of them unless she removed her service animal, and the student filed suit in 2011, according to Leland’s complaint.
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Deaf student sues, claiming Portland State University didn’t allow her service dog in some housing
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