Fair Housing
Pennsylvania's PHRC (Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission) may award which remedies in a successful housing discrimination case?
ACriminal penalties only
BActual damages, injunctive relief, civil penalties, and attorney's fees✓ Correct
COnly a cease and desist order
DOnly a refund of the housing application fee
Explanation
The PHRC may order a range of remedies in a proven housing discrimination case: actual damages (including emotional distress), injunctive relief (requiring the respondent to take action or stop discriminating), civil penalties, and attorney's fees. PHRC proceedings provide state-level enforcement of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
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