Received Discrimination Complaint! Now what?!

[Rob Lehmann]

I own a 3-family property in Massachusetts and use a property manager to handle nearly everything since I am currently out of the country. I've used this particular manager for 2+ years now and haven't received any complaints until now, but this one sounds like it could go poorly for me.

I received a letteryesterday from the MA Commission Against Discrimination. The letter is addressed to both myself and the property management company and alleges that the management company refused to rent the apartment to the complainant based on the fact that she wanted to use a Section 8 voucher. She made a complaint to South Coast Fair Housing, and they arranged independent testing to phone up and pretend to want to rent the property, and allegedly my management company told them that he is not accepting Section 8 vouchers as well. 

I've received the mail as if I am the one discriminating against these potential tenants. I've never told the manager I wouldn't be happy to accept section 8 vouchers, I have no knowledge of any of these tenants, and I haven't even been in touch with management concerning the property's vacancy. Now I am required to write and sign a formal position statement to be submitted to the MA Commission Against Discrimintation. Ugh....

My immediate questions are:

1. How much potential trouble am I personally in here? I didn't have anything to do with any alleged discrimination so can it really come back to me with a penalty?
2. Should I get a lawyer to craft my position statement?
3. Has anyone been through something similar and can provide a bit of insight into the process/procedures?

Beyond those questions, I was under the impression that to rent to Section 8 tenants my property had to qualify for Section 8. I've never gone through any Section 8 vetting, nor have I rented to a Section 8 tenant before. I really don't have any knowledge of housing vouchers or Section 8 tenants because this is my only property that would be considered by someone using a housing voucher so maybe I am just a bit misinformed. 

Any help you guys and gals can give would be much appreciated. I'm just a bit taken aback by this and am not sure the best course of action.