Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Workforce Development
DWD 218-226 - Civil Rights
Chapter DWD 220 - Fair housing
Section DWD 220.14 - Notice of hearing

(1) CONTENT. In any matter which has been certified to hearing following the issuance of a charge under s. DWD 220.11 or an appeal of an initial determination of no probable cause under s. DWD 220.09(3), the department shall send a notice of hearing to the parties and their attorneys of record, by first-class mail, advising them of the specific time, date and place established for the hearing. The notice of hearing shall fully identify the parties and the case number. It shall specify a time and date of hearing not less than 30 days after the date of mailing of the notice of hearing. The notice of hearing shall specify the nature of the housing discrimination which is alleged to have occurred and shall state the legal authority on which the hearing is based. A copy of the complaint shall be attached to the notice of hearing.

(2) PLACE OF HEARING. The hearing shall be held in the county where the alleged act of discrimination occurred, or at another location with the consent of the parties. For purposes of this subsection, the county where the alleged act of housing discrimination occurred is the county where the housing which is the subject of the complaint is located, unless no specific housing is involved, in which case the county where the alleged act of housing discrimination occurred is the county where the respondent resides.