Question

If a local-level fair housing group wins a fair housing lawsuit against a landlord, who gets the money from the resulting judgment? When landlords are fined, the money goes to the Texas state treasury. All judgment awards, minus attorney fees, go to the individuals who actually suffered the discrimination. The money goes to the fair housing group that brought the lawsuit. The money goes into a fund established to help victims of discrimination statewide.

Answer 1

Answer: The money goes to the fair housing group that brought the lawsuit.

Explanation:

The fair housing group that brought the suit is the one that incurred the costs of litigation. They will therefore be rightly expected, to be the ones to enjoy the benefits of litigation as the money won in the suit would go to them.

They would in most cases however, spend some of this money on victims of discrimination at their own discretion. The region affected by the lawsuit would still gain fairer laws even if they did not gain money like the group did.