UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                       FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO

   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
   Plaintiff,

   v.

   HENRY K. VERNON d/b/a
   MONTEREY MANOR APARTMENTS
   and ANITA SCHIKORE
   Defendants.

   ______________________________

   The United States of America alleges:

    1. The United States brings this action to enforce the provisions of
       the Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,
       as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C.
       §§ 3601 et seq.
    2. This Court has jurisdiction over this action under 28 U.S.C.
       1345 and 42 U.S.C. § 3614.
    3. Defendant Henry K. Vernon is a resident of the District of New
       Mexico and is the owner of Monterey Manor Apartments ("Monterey
       Manor"), a 49-unit apartment complex located at 12201 Lomas
       Boulevard, NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    4. Defendant Anita Schikore is the manager of Monterey Manor. She has
       responsibility for, inter alia, renting apartment units there. She
       has been manager at Monterey Manor at all times relevant herein.
    5. The apartment units at Monterey Manor are dwellings within the
       meaning of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3602(b).
    6. The United States, through its Department of Justice, has
       investigated the rental policies and practices followed at
       Monterey Manor. In September and October 1997, as part of this
       investigation, the United States conducted a series of "tests"
       designed to compare the information, services and treatment
       afforded by defendants to different types of prospective renters.
       Testers are persons who, without intending to rent an apartment,
       gather information about rental housing in order to help determine
       whether a housing provider is engaging in discriminatory
       practices.
    7. On each of four separate occasions during the course of the United
       States' investigation, defendant Anita Schikore told a white
       tester visiting Monterey Manor that a one-bedroom apartment was
       available to rent either immediately or within the next few days,
       after first telling an African American tester who had visited
       earlier the same day that there were no one-bedroom units

                    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
                           DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO

   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
   Plaintiff,

   v.

   HENRY K. VERNON d/b/a MONTEREY
   MANOR APARTMENTS; ANITA SCHIKORE,
   Defendants.

   ___________________________________

                           CIV No. 98-871 MV/DJS

                               CONSENT ORDER

   The United States and defendants wish to avoid the expenses and
   uncertainties of additional litigation and, as indicated by the
   signatures appearing below, have voluntarily agreed to resolve this
   action by jointly entering into and filing this Consent Order
   ("Order"). The parties hereby agree as follows:

    I.

                                INTRODUCTION
         1. The United States filed this action on July 26, 1998,
            pursuant to Section 814(a) of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C.
            §3614(a). The parties have engaged in active litigation since
            that time.
         2. Defendant Henry K. Vernon owns Monterey Manor Apartments
            ("Monterey Manor"), which is located at 12201 Lomas Boulevard
            NE in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Defendant Vernon also owns
            Shalom House Apartments, located at 2306 Garfield SE,
            Albuquerque, New Mexico. He presently assists in managing
            Continental Arms Apartments, 1200 Madeira SE, Albuquerque,
            New Mexico, and Applewood Square Apartments, 317 Adams SE,
            Albuquerque, New Mexico.
         3. Defendant Anita Schikore was formerly employed by defendant
            Vernon as the resident manager at Monterey Manor. Ms.
            Schikore was resident manager at Monterey Manor from in or
            about July 1993 until in or about July 1998.
   II.

                       THE UNITED STATES' ALLEGATIONS
         1. In its complaint, the United States alleges that defendants
            engaged in a pattern or practice of discriminating against