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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Bradley v. City of San Diego

3:25-cv-02186 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This is a case challenging the absence of humane conditions and reasonable accommodations for unhoused residents of municipally administered camps.  On August 25, 2025, eight unhoused people with disabilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Represented by Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance, in addition to private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the City of San Diego and two non-profit organizations—Dreams for Change and Downtown…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. v. Avant Realty LLC

1:25-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2025

This case is about discrimination based on race when providing housing information. On January 13, 2025, a nonprofit housing organization, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. (HOME), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court Western District of New York. Represented by NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the plaintiff sued a real estate company under the Fair Housing Act and New York State Human Rights Law. The plaintiff argued that the defendant, in violation of those statu…

Case Is Ongoing

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC

1:22-cv-10800 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 25, 2022

This case pertains to a tenant-screening algorithm that allegedly reinforced racial and economic discrimination in rental housing access.  On May 25, 2022, the plaintiffs—two Black women who held federally funded housing vouchers—filed this class action lawsuit against SafeRent Solutions, LLC, a tenant-screening company, and Metropolitan Management Group, LLC, a property manager that used SafeRent’s screening services. The Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), a nonprofit that assists l…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago v. City of Chicago

1:18-cv-03399 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 13, 2018

This action challenges the state of Illinois’ housing practices for alleged failure to comply with federal disability accessibility law. On May 13, 2018, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, Inc., an Illinois-based disability advocacy nonprofit, sued the City of Chicago in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern District. Plaintiff observed that Chicago had developed and supported affordable housing initiatives (“Affordable Rental Housing Program”) since 1988 with th…

Case Is Ongoing

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Coleman v. Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority

3:25-cv-00133 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2025

On February 20, 2025, two residents of Richmond Redevelopment Housing Authority (RRHA) filed a class action lawsuit against RRHA in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. They alleged that RRHA systematically overcharged its poorest residents by failing to offer and grant the Hardship Exemption to minimum rent, in violation of the United States Housing Act and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. According to the complaint, RRHA failed to provide r…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Justice Climate Fund v. Environmental Protection Agency

1:25-cv-00938 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

This case challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) termination and withholding of grant funds awarded to the Justice Climate Fund (JCF), a nonprofit created to apply for and deploy funding for clean energy and affordable housing projects in disadvantaged communities. This case is related to the case Climate United Fund v. Citibank (1:25-cv-00698), which the Clearinghouse is covering here. (To view the Clearinghouse’s coverage of environmental protection-related cases against the s…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

CHILD WELFARE
United States v. Southwest Key Programs, Inc.

1:24-cv-00798 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 17, 2024

Closed Date: March 12, 2025

This case challenges sexual abuse in shelter care facilities for unaccompanied minors. On July 14, 2024, the United States of America filed this lawsuit in the Western District of Texas against Southwest Key Programs, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides housing and services to unaccompanied children who have entered the United States. Plaintiff alleged that from at least 2015 through at least 2023, multiple Southwest Key employees subjected unaccompanied children in their care to repea…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
U.S. ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. v. Westchester Co.

1:06-cv-02860 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 12, 2006

Closed Date: July 30, 2021

On April 12, 2006, the Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York ("ADC") filed this lawsuit under the False Claims Act against Westchester County in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. In False Claims Act cases, sometimes called "qui tam" actions, the private instigator of the case is called the "relator"; the plaintiff is the United States, and the relator seeks damages because of harm caused to the United States; by statute, those damages go mostly the federal …

False Claims Act Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial

United States of America ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. vs. Westchester Co., New York

April 12, 2006

Opinion and Order

United States of America ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. vs. Westchester Co., New York

July 13, 2007

Defendant's Memorandum in Support of Motion of Summary Judgment

United States of America ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. vs. Westchester Co., New York

Sept. 30, 2008

Plaintiff's Memorandum in Support of Motion For Partial Summary Judgment

United States of America ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. vs. Westchester Co., New York

Oct. 17, 2008

Opinion & Order

United States of America ex rel. Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc. vs. Westchester Co., New York

Feb. 24, 2009

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Powers v. McDonough

2:22-cv-08357 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2022

This is a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Veterans' Affairs for allegedly failing to provide sufficient housing to veterans in L.A. County. On November 15, 2022, fourteen unhoused veterans with severe disabilities sued VA Secretary Denis Richard McDonough as well as several senior VA officials for the Los Angeles region in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by the public interest law firm Public Counsel, the plaintiffs sued under the Rehab…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Anoka

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This case concerned a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division investigation that the City of Anoka, Minnesota violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by denying tenants with mental health disabilities an equal opportunity to use the emergency response service On November 7, 2023, the investigation found that the city's "crime free" housing ordinance discouraged people with mental health disabilities from calling emergency response service…