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United States v. Village of Hinsdale

1:20-cv-06959 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 24, 2020, the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the Village of Hinsdale, Illinois. The lawsuit alleged that the Village discriminated on the basis of disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) when it prohibited a sober living facility from operating and refused to consider  the facility’s request for a …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Taylor v. Detroit

2:20-cv-11860 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the affordability of water and water shutoffs in Detroit, MI. On July 9, 2020, six individuals seeking to represent four classes and the nonprofit People’s Water Board Coalition filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division. The classes they sought to represent include: current and future Detroit residents who reside in, or live in close proximity to, neighborhoods where disease has spread widely a…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Johnson v. City of Annapolis

1:21-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 7, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case regards disparate treatment in the handling of housing inspections in Annapolis public housing. On May 7, 2021, two plaintiffs on behalf of a proposed class (every tenant in Annapolis public housing who is similarly situated), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, with Judge Catherine C. Blake presiding. The plaintiffs sued the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis for violations of the Housing Rights Act, Civil Rights Act, and the Equal Prot…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. City National Bank

2:23-cv-00204 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about unlawful redlining in Los Angeles County.  Redlining is a practice whereby lenders deny or discourage applications, or avoid providing loans and other credit services, in neighborhoods based on the race, color, or national origin of the residents of those neighborhoods. On January 12, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit and a proposed consent order in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The DOJ sued City Nationa…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States of America v. Wells Fargo Bank

1:12-cv-01150 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2012

Case Ongoing

On July 12, 2012, the United States, on behalf of over 34,000 African-American and Hispanic borrowers, filed a lawsuit under the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts in the United States District Court, District of Columbia. Plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the United States Department of Justice, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, claiming that the discriminatory lending practices of Defendant adversely affected African American and Hispanic borrowers. Specif…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. City of Hesperia

5:19-cv-02298 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case involves a challenge to the City of Hesperia’s “crime-free rental housing” program, which required all rental property owners to evict tenants if they received notification from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department that tenants had engaged in any alleged “criminal activity” on or near the property. The program was adopted in 2015. The program also mandated criminal background checks and the Sheriff’s Department screening for tenants. The city later adopted a “rental housing …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Park National Bank

2:23-cv-00822 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). On February 28, 2023, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Park National Bank (“PNB”). The complaint was filed following an investigation done as part of the DOJ’s Combating Redlining Initiative started in October of 2021.  The U.S. sought to remedy PNB’s alleged discriminatory practices in mortga…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Sinclair v. Meisner

2:18-cv-14042 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

On December 26, 2018, a Black woman filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Oakland County, the City of Southfield, and various private entities on behalf of herself and similarly situated persons. The plaintiff alleged that the office circumvented Michigan law by improperly transferring her property and property belonging to other Black homeowners to private corporations in violation of their right to procedural due process. …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Housing Authority of Ashland Alabama

1:20-cv-01905 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2020

Case Ongoing

On December 1, 2020, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the Ashland, Alabama Housing Authority, alleging that it had engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of race at multiple low-income public housing communities in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The complaint alleged that the Ashland Housing Authority, and three property development companies who were the private own…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CFPB Investigation of Ally Financial Inc.

13-CFPB-00010 | No Court

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2015

This case concerns racially discriminatory pricing. This action was brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an administrative agency and by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the creditor Ally Financial Inc. (Ally). Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the CFPB and DOJ are authorized to take action against creditors engaging in illegal d…