Hawkins v. Chicago Comm’n on Human Relations

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Administrative Review
Citation
Case Number: 
2020 IL App (1st) 191301
Decision Date: 
Friday, April 17, 2020
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 6th Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded.
Justice: 
HARRIS

Chicago Commission on Human Relations found no substantial evidence of source-of-income housing discrimination by Defendant property management company, based on Plaintiff's use of a housing choice voucher. Commission dismissed Plaintiff's complaint based on business necessity, but Defendant never raised that affirmative defense in its answer, and thus Plaintiff could not challenge it prior to the Commission's determination. (CUNNINGHAM and CONNORS, concurring.)