4.15 3. Simultaneous Proceedings

• Library: Disability Law and Practice, Vol. 3 (NY) 2017

3.. Simultaneous Proceedings

The FHAA clearly permits, and indeed encourages, simultaneously filing both a private enforcement action and an administrative complaint.⁹³ Dual filings allow the aggrieved party to pursue the possibility of agency prosecution of the claim without sacrificing the expeditious utilization of available private remedies. Moreover, a simultaneous federal action gives an aggrieved party the opportunity for greater control and influence over the administrative process in several ways.

First, the right of discovery...