United States V. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, And Trump .

Allocate a reasonable proportion of itsadvertising budget to advertising in mediadirected primarily to the black and PuertoRican communities.The parties have agreedthat the placement of monthly 15 line displayadvertisements, one in the black and one inthe Puerto Rican press,together with theallocation of 10% of defendant's radio advertising budget to black-oriented and Spanishlanguage stations, shall meet the requirementsof this provision.All advertisements ofTrump buildings in minority media shall advertise a full cross-section of Trump buildingswith vacancies, and shall not stress or giveundue emphasis to buildings with substantialminority occupancy. **/4.Provide written notification to each firm, associationcompany, corporation, or other person or organization engagedby defendant to act as referral agency, apartment locatingservice, credit checking company, or management company thatapartments owned or managed by the defendant are available toall qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion,sex or national origin.Each such notification shall alsoadvise the recipient of defendant's objective standards andprocedures for rental.*IThe parties agree that the placement of such advertisementsin the Amsterdam News and El Diario will satisfy this requirement.**/ If the listed apartmentswith vacancies, the buildingsad so that the same apartmentdisproportionately advertised- 9 -do not include all Trump buildingslisted shall be rotated with eachbuildings are not continuously orunder this subsection.

B.Program of Providing Listings for MinorityApartment SeekersFor two years after the entry of this Order, defendantshall notify the Open Housing Center of the New York UrbanLeague, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10003, of everyfifth available apartrr1ent in each apartment building ownedand/or managed by the defendant which has a black tenancy ofless than tenat least three days prior to placingthat apartment on the openDuring this three-dayperiod, the Open Housing Center shall have the opportunityto refer qualified applicants to the defendant for the purposeof renting the apartment.All applicants referred by theOpen Housing Center shall provide the defendantor its repre-sentative with an appropriate identification which will serveto advise the defendants that such applicant has been referredby the Open Housing Center pursuant to this subsection.Afterthree days if no qualified applicant referred by the Centerhas filed an application seeking to rent the apartment, theapartment may be placed on the open market to be rented indefendant's normal business custom without regard to race,color, religion, sex or national origin.***/C.Affirmative EmploymentThe defendant shall recruit, hire, assign, promote andtransfer employees and agents without regard to race, color,*fThe requirements of this provision need not be followed forapartment buildings which presently have or in the future reacha black occupancy rate of 10%. For these apartment buildings,apartments shall continue to be rented without regard to race,color, religion, sex or national origin.**IThe three-day period shall begin when notification hasbeenmmpleted and the Open Housing Center has received, eitherin person, by telephone, or by mail, the listings. Forpurposes of this Decree, rental on the open market shall meanrental to any person not referred by the Open Housing Center.***/ This provision shall not apply to Trump Village.- 10 -

religion, sex or national origin and will endeavor to placeblacks and other nonwhite persons in supervisory and professional positions as vacancies for which they are qualifiedarise.Pursuant to this program, the defendant shall takethe following steps:1.Display an equal employment opportunity posterin a prominent place clearly visible to prospective agents,employees, and applicants for employment in each office ofthe defendant where applications for employment are taken.*/ This poster shall be in the form, size and prominenceapproved by the United States Department of Labor and theEqual Employment Opportunity Commission.- 11 -

2.Notify in writing, each labor union representingany part of defendant's work force of the terms of Part IV(C)of this Decree and that prospective employees are to be referredwithout regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.In recruiting and hiring nonwhite employees, the defendantshall not require that nonwhite persons recruited orhired possess qualifications for any job or position moreexacting than those which were in effect with respect to whiteemployees before the institution of this action.vIMPLEMENTATION OF OBJECTIVE RENTALSTANDARDS AND PROCEDURESIn order to assure nondiscriminatory selection andassignment of tenants and to assure equal opportunity inhousing at each building owned or managed by Trump Management,Inc., defendant agrees that the following standards andprocedures shall be uniformly applied at all of its propertiesin determining whether or not to rent to an applicant.A.Standards1.IncomeOne week's gross income from all sourcesmust be at least equal to one month's rent, except in thefollowing circumstances:(a)The applicant(s) have outstanding auto-mobile payments, or other fixed debt in excessof 50.00 a month, with a remaining debt periodin excess of four (4) months, or*/ The following standards shall not be applicable to TysensPark which is subject to other federal regulations imposedby §22l(d) of the National Housing Act.**/ This shall include alimony, child support, publicassistance payments, or guarantor's assurances on behalfof public assistance recipients, wife's income, part-timeemployment, pensions, etc.- 12 -

(b) The family composition is in excess ofthree (3) persons.In either circumstance (a) or (b) above, one week's netincome must be at least equal to one month's rent.If an applicant does not meet the foregoing incomestandards, he or she may still qualify for rental if:(a) He or she secures a guarantor who canverify funds sufficient to meet the financialobligations of the guarantors fixed monthlypayments for hi.s or her residence, as well asthe applicants rental, based on the defendant'sincome standards.(b) If the applicant is willing to postthree (3} months security deposit or will supplysix (6) months rent in advance.(c) If a tenant switches from one Trumpbuilding to another Trump building and if thattenant has met his obligations to Trump Management,Inc., in the past.2.OccupancyNot more than two (2) persons in a one-bedroomapartment.1.Not mere than four (4) persons, two (2) adultsApplication Procedure'*f Except that ehildren under ten--o:fH-age tnay--different sexes.* IThese procedures are substantially based on defendanespast practices, as described during discovery.- 13 -

a.Applications for tenancy will be received at theapartment building or complex where the tenant is applyingfor an apartment.Applications shall be received by Super-intendents or rental agents authorized by the defendant toaccept applications, and instructed in the requirements ofthis Order and of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C.3601Applications shall be accepted from all personsto apply and the superintendent or agent shall makeno subjective judgment on the acceptability of a prospectivetenant, unless said prospective tenant is:(i) visibly and objectively drunkand disorderly;(ii) visibly and objectively underthe influence of drugs;(iii)abusive towards the superintendentor rental agent;or there is,(iv) a visible and objective indicationthat the applicant will not maintain his orher apartment *ith sufficient care andcleanliness so as not to intrude on therights of other tenants.In order to satisfythis criteria, defendant or its agents shallcontact the applicant's former landlord toascertain the manner in which he or she hadmaintained the rented premises.In no eventshall the subjective impression by a superintendent of the manner of dress or styleof grooming disqualify an applicant.Thissub ection shall apply solely to cleanlinesscriteria.-14-

b.The superintendent or rental agent shall reviewthe application for completeness and shall require a securitydeposit of one month's rent and a W2 form (or reasonablesubstitute therefor) from all applicants.The agents shallthen submit the deposit, W2 form and application, for reviewand determination to one of the defendant's two main offices.No superintendent or rental agent shall have the authority tomake a determination on the acceptability for tenancy of anapplicant except as outlined in B(l) (a)c.(i-iv) above.Applications shall be reviewed and a determinationof acceptability shall be made by the Section Managers employedin the defenant's main offices.d.If conducted, a uniform credit check and/oremployment check shall be conducted with respect to eachapplicant.The standards of acceptability based on creditand employment shall be uniformly applied without regard torace, color, religion, sex or national origin.e.Each applicant shall be informed wherever possiblewithin ten (10) business days whether or not he or she hasbeen accepted for tenancy.If an application can not beprocessed within ten (10) days, defendant shall notify theapplicant of the reason therefor, but in no event shall anapplicant not be informed of the disposition of his applicationbeyond twenty (20) days from the time he or she applied.Ifrejected, the applicant shall be informed of the reason forrejection, and of the specific objective standard he or shehas failed to meet.*/ Applicants who have not been accepted for tenancy pursuantto V(B) (a) above need not be informed of the reasons for thedefendant's decision not to accept his or her application.However, defendants shall still note the reason for nonacceptance in its records and its reports to plaintiff pursuantto Sections VI and VII herein.- 15 -

2.Providing Rental Information to ApartmentSeekersa.Defendant shall maintain atitscentral officesat 2611 West 2nd Street, Brooklyn, New York and 2064 CropseyAvenue, Brooklyn, New York, a Central Listing, to be compiledon a weekly basis, of each currently vacant or availableapartment in the New York area, and of each apartment expectedto be vacant or available in the New York area within the nextthirty days.This listshall include the type of apartment,the number of rooms, the monthly rent, and the date of availability and shall be shown to all persons inquiring aboutavailable apartments.Defendant shall also maintain at eachof its buildings a similar list of the apartments vacant atthat building by type of apartment available and a notificationthat complete lists of all available apartments in the NewYork area are available for inspection at defendant's mainoffices located at 2611 W. 2nd Street, Brooklyn, New York and2064 Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.b.Apartments which are available for rental and listedon the apartment availability list (2(a) above) shall be shownto all interested inquirers by an authorized agent of thedefendant.c.Inquirers shall be uniformly informed of the quali-fications for rental, including the income, security depositand W2 form requirements.- 16 -

d.No waiting list*/ will be maintained at any of thedefendant's offices or apartment buildings nor shall there beany preference for persons referred by present tenants.Rental will be on a first-come, first-served basis whenapartments are available for rental.VIREPORTING REQUIREMENTSIt is further ORDERED that three (3) months after theentry of this Decree, am thereafter three (3) times per yearfor two years the defendant shall file with the Court andserve on counsel for t:he plaintiff a report containing thefollowing information for the following apartment buildingsowned and/or managed by the defendant:1.Argyle Hall2.Westminster Hall3.Fontainebleau Apartments4.Lawrence Gardens and Lawrence Towerss.Sea Isle Apartments6.Bachaven Apartments7.Shorehaven Apartments8.Belcrest Apartments9.Highlander Hall10.Saxony Hall11.Clyde Hall12.Edgerton Apartments13.Winston Hall14.Sussex Hall*ISince this is defendant's present practice and it is non.l:t?oplaintiff inte'r.pol -,"-JrUrl-1-[p V:/lQJ.{.e :s·k\c.l.lt b-e,.fyOYY)'j f"Ot. I";,Cl7J.1'\-'-Y\t:jl01)5- Cld)CCi- 17 -fv4

a.The number of persons, by race*/ (as visuallyobservable) making inquiry in person about the availabilityof terms of rental of an apartment during the preceding reportingperiod and the number by race, that:1.made inquiry;2.were offered an application;3.filled out an application;4.submitted an applicant with deposit;5.were accepted for occupancy;6.were rejected;7.withdrew applications;8.had applications pending at the end of thereporting period.This report may be forwarded to plaintiff on a form similarto the sample form attached hereto as Appendix C.b.A report reflecting the applications for tenancysubmitted during the preceding reporting period, includingthe following information for each person: submitting anapplication:1.name, address, business and home telephonenumber, and race;2.date of application;3.whether a deposit was received;4.date notified of acceptance or rejection;5.weekly income of applicant and monthly rentof apartment sought;For purposes of this Decree, all notations of race shallbe as visually observable.- 18 -

6.if accepted, apartment chosen;7.if rejected, reason therefor;8.name of person or persons who decided toaccept or reject the application;9.if neither accepted nor rejected, statusor disposition of application.This report may be forwarded to plaintiff on a form similarto the sample form attached hereto as Appendix D.For eachrejected nonwhite applicant, the report shall include adetailed statement of the reason(s) for rejection andsupporting information.c.A list of vacancies during the preceding quarter,including the date the apartment was placed on the market!1and the date each apartment was rented or otherwise committedfor rental.d.Reports filed pursuant to this Order shall alsoinclude the current statistics with respect to the race oftenants in each apartment building owned or managed by thedefendant, and an account of the steps taken during thepreceding reporting period to implement the program outlinedin Sections I and II above, including:1.Copies of all letters sent to apartment locatorsand credit checking companies, Fair Housing groups,and labor unions pursuant to Parts III and IV ofthis Decree.!fIncluding where appropriate, the date the Open HousingCenter was contacted concerning the apartment's availabilityin accordance with Part III above.- 19 -

2.Representative copies of all newspaper advertise-ments placed in the Amsterdam News and El Diariopursuant to this Order and the date of eachadvertisement.3.The name, race, position and office assignmentof each rental agent, superintendent and main officeemployee employed as of the date of the entry of thisOrder, an assurance that the educational programrequired by Part II has been conducted, and copiesof all signed statements obtained in accordancewith Part II of this Decree.If any rental agentrefuses to sign such a statement the defendantsshall include a full statement of all pertinentcircumstances and of any action taken by them inrelation thereto.VIIRECORD KEEPING PROVISIONSIT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the defendantfor twoyears following the entry of this Decree, make and preserve thefollowing records for all apartment buildings owned or managedby them:1.The name, address, telephone number and date andtime of contact of each person inquiring in person about theavailability or terms of rental of an apartment therein,and the size of apartment sought, if known.: / This may be accomplished by maintaining a guest registerat each apartment building owned by the defendants.- 20 -

2.A detailed record of all action taken on eachapplication and the reasons for such action, includingall steps taken by the defendant in ascertaining theacceptability for tenancy of the applicant and the nameof the employee who took such steps or who approved orrejected the application.3.All records which are the source of, or containany of the information pertinent to defendant's obligationsunder this Order.Representatives of the plaintiff shall bepermitted to inspect and copy all pertinent records of thedefendant at any and all reasonable times, provided, however,that the plaintiff shall endeavor to minimize any inconvenienceto the defendant from the inspection of such records.VIIIIt is further ORDERED that for a period extending twoyears from the entry of this Decree, the defendant shall, atleast twenty (20) days prior to the event, report to counselfor the plaintiff:1.Any new ownership or management interests inresidential property, acquired by the defendant.2.The divestment through transfer or sale, of anyownership or management interests in residential property.IXIt is further ORDERED that for a period of two yearsafter the entry of this Decree the defendant shall advisecounsel for plaintiff, in writing, of all complaints,*/fromFor purposes of this Decree, "complaints" shall mean anyinformation which comes to the attention of the defendant orits officers from whatever source received, which indicatesa possible denial of equal housing opportunities under theFair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §3601 et seq., or a potentialviolation of this Decree.- 21 -

whatever· source, received by the defendant regarding equalopportunity in housing at properties owned and/or managed byTrump Management, Inc.period of twoIn"addition, plaintiff shall, for ayears after the entry of this Decree, notifythe defendant of all complaints received by the plaintiff.Except where the plaintiff determines that thereexists a need for emergency relief threatening the effectiveness of this Decree, the plaintiff shall afford the defendantfifteen (15) days from the date notice of such a complaint isreceived to investigate the complaint and provide plaintiff withan explanation of the information contained in the complaint.If the complaint is determined to be valid by either party,plaintiff shall recommend what steps it believes to benecessary to correct the conditions leading to the complaint,and shall afford the defendants an additional seven (7)days to effectuate appropriate steps to remedy the conditionsleading to the complaint and to overcome any continuing effectsof the alleged discriminatory actions before applying to thecourt for a motion to compel compliance with this Decree, orany other additional judicial relief.XEach party shall bear its own costs.- 22 -

t The Court shall retain jursidiction of this actionfor all purposes.ORDERED this·tlL. ,day of, 1975.EDWARDR.NEAHERUnited States District JudgeThe undersigned apply for andconsent to the entry of thisOrder:For the Defendants:For the Plaintiff:RbY M. COHNSaxe, Bacon, Bolan & Manley39 E. 68th StreetNew York, New York

Trump Management Inc., controls many thousands of rental units in the New York area and elsewhere, and its activities therefore have a major impact on housing opportunities. The company therefore occupies a