Federal complaint filed after condo bans

Federal complaint filed after condo bans religious activity in common spaces

March 20, 2018

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – A Port Charlotte woman says her condo HOA is banning her bible study group and any religious activity from the common spaces in the building. A federal complaint has been filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Donna Dunbar lives at Cambridge House Condominiums and has held bible study groups in its common room every Monday morning for nearly a year.

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