From the TortDeform website:

"For decades, courts apparently assumed that the federal Fair Housing Act applied equally to occupants and seekers of housing. The issue was seldom raised, and when it was courts tended to rule in favor of a broad application. Then, in late 2004, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an opinion in the case of Halprin v. The Prairie Single Family Homes. The case involved a Jewish couple who owned a home in a subdivision that was governed by a Homeowner's Association. According to the Halprins, the President of the Association vandalized their home, damaged their property, and spray-painted anti-Jewish epithets on a rock wall next to their house. When the Halprins posted signs offering a reward for information about the incident, the Association President destroyed them. The Association then notified the Halprins that they had been found guilty of violating Association rules against unauthorized sign posting, and threatened them with legal sanctions, fines, and the forced sale of their home."