Enforcement by private persons.
El Paso City Code § 17.20.125
in effect17.20.125 - Enforcement by private persons.
This chapter may be enforced by an aggrieved person by the commencement of an action in an appropriate court not less than one year after the occurrence or termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice; said court may: (1) award the plaintiff actual and punitive damages; (2) grant as relief as it deems appropriate, any temporary or permanent injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, and allow reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. It is expressly intended that any grievance officer's actions are subject to judicial review upon application by any party aggrieved by a final order of such grievance officer. Such review process must include access to all remedies contemplated by the Fair Housing Act. Such court's authority must include authority to grant the petitioner, or any other party, such temporary relief, restraining order, or other order as the court determines is just and proper; to affirm, modify, set aside in whole or in part, the order, or remand the order for further proceedings and enforce the order to the extent the order is affirmed or modified.
(Ord. No. 19138, § 1, 2-2-2021)
Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT17HO_CH17.20FAHOOR_17.20.125ENPRPEFetched: 10/28/2026