Section 213.075.11(1) permits the MCHR to require a respondent "to take such affirmative action, as in the panel's judgment will implement the purposes of [the Missouri Human Rights Act], including ... payment of actual damages ..." when it finds that a respondent has engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice. While there is a dearth of precedential cases involving housing discrimination within the last 20 years, Missouri courts have held that actual damages may be awarded in housing discrimination cases for deprivation of civil rights, emotional distress, and humiliation. Van Den Berk, 26 S.W.3d at 413 ; Joplin v. Missouri Com'n on Human Rights, 642 S.W.2d 370, 375 (Mo. App. S.D. 1982) ; Biggs v. Missouri Com'n on Human Rights, 830 S.W.2d 512, 516 (Mo. App. E.D. 1992). "A damage award is designed to fulfill the remedial purposes of the civil rights laws and compensate a wronged person for the loss or injury suffered." Van Den Berk, 26 S.W.3d at 413. "The severity of the harm suffered by the plaintiff due to the deprivation of *303his or her civil rights ... should be used to determine the amount of the damages." State ex rel. Sir v. Gateway Taxi Mgmt. Co., 400 S.W.3d 478, 491 (Mo. App. E.D. 2013) (quoting Missouri Comm'n on Human Rights v. Red Dragon Rest., Inc., 991 S.W.2d 161, 171 (Mo. App. W.D. 1999) ).