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PUBLIC HOUSING
Sanders v. HUD

2:88-cv-01261 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 3, 1988

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2005

In 1988, public housing residents and applicants filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Allegheny County, the Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA), and the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (“RAAC”).  The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys from the Neighborhood Legal Services Association of Pittsburgh and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Und…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

2:22-cv-03568 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2022

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit is about discrimination against individuals with disabilities in violation of the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division filed suit against the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and seven private developers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on September 30, 2022. The complaint alleged that following Hurricane Katrina, the Housing Authority of New Orleans initiated a redevelo…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Evolve Bank and Trust

2:22-cv-02667 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2022

Case Ongoing

On September 29, 2022, the United States filed a complaint against Evolve Bank and Trust in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee under the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Judge Sheryl H. Lipman and Chief Magistrate Judge Tu M. Pham heard this case. The United States claimed that, from 2014 to 2019, Evolve Bank discriminated against women, Black, and Hispanic borrowers via its “discretionary pricing” components of home loan borrowing. “Discretionar…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. One Boyertown Properties LP

5:20-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Case Ongoing

Background This is a case about accessibility for people with disabilities in senior living communities. On December 11, 2020, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against fifteen companies who had designed, built, and/or owned fifteen buildings that housed independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the defendants under the F…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
CODING IN PROCESS
United States v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

1:22-cv-05187 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 21, 2022

Case Ongoing

On June 21, 2022, the United States filed this suit against Meta (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to enforce the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”). The FHA prohibits discrimination in housing, including housing-related advertising, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin (“FHA-protected characteristics”). The United States alleged that Meta’s housing advertising system discriminated ag…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Consumer Protection Financial Bureau v. Trident Mortgage Company LP

2:22-cv-02936 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

On July 27, 2022, the United States of America and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that Trident Mortgage Company engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by "redlining" in the Philadelphia metropolitan area from 2015 to 2019. Plaintiffs brought this suit under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), ECOA’s implementing regulation (Regula…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Case Ongoing

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. HUD [Weaver, Romney, Hills, etc.]

01:66-cv-01460 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 1997

This Clearinghouse record deals with the federal defendant component of this complex public housing desegregation case. Filed in 1966, this part of the case ended in 1997--but the consolidated lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority is still ongoing as of 2022. In combination, the consolidated litigation is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the organization …
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Housing Rights Initiative v. Compass, Inc.

1:21-cv-02221 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 15, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about property owners and brokers in New York City who allegedly refused to rent residential property to holders of Housing Choice Vouchers (which subsidized housing for low-income families). On March 15, 2021, the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. HRI sued eighty eight property owners and brokers under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and city and state laws that barred source of income discrimination. Repr…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action v. Township of Mount Holly

1:08-cv-02584 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 5, 2008

Case Ongoing

On May 5, 2008, an association of residents of a New Jersey neighborhood filled a lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The residents, represented by lawyers from South Jersey Legal Services, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claiming that the defendants' redevelopment plan for the Gardens neighborhood represented a violation of the Fair Housing Act and of the Equal Protection Clauses of…