Showing posts with label Homelessness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homelessness. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Requirement for Church to Obtain Permit Before Hosting Homeless Encampment Is Upheld

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In Miller v. City of Burien , (WD WA, Feb. 3, 2025), a Washington federal district court dismissed a suit brought by a Methodist church chal...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Justice Department Sues Georgia City for Violating RLUIPA

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit in a Georgia federal district court against the city of Brunswick, Georgia, alleging that ...
Friday, November 29, 2024

Texas AG Sues Church-Run Homeless Center Alleging It Has Become a Public Nuisance

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week filed a lawsuit in state court against a church-run homeless center that receives over $1 millio...
Monday, August 26, 2024

Anti-Injunction Act Precludes RLUIPA Claim, But Church's Constitutional Claims Move Ahead

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 In Resurrection House Ministries, Inc. v. City of Brunswick ,  (SD GA, Aug. 23, 2024), a Georgia federal district court held that the feder...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Church Obtains Preliminary Injunction Under RLUIPA Allowing Its On-Site Shelter Program to Continue

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In Church of the Rock, Inc. v. Town of Castle Rock, Colorado ,  (D CO, July 19, 2024), a Colorado federal district court granted a church a ...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Church Sues Town Over Zoning Objections to Temporary Shelter Ministry

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Suit was filed last week in a Colorado federal district court by a non-denominational Christian church challenging a town's claim that t...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Church Sues City Over Operation of Ministry for Homeless

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Ohio federal district court seeking to enjoin the city of Bryan, Ohio from enforcing its zoning ordinances in...
Friday, February 03, 2023

Faith-Based Resource Center for Homeless Sues Over Right to Serve Snacks to Its Clients

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Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court by a Resource Cener for impoverished and disabled individuals alleging that ...
Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Arrest Of Parishioners For Wrongful Eviction Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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In Colorado Springs Fellowship Church v. City of Colorado Springs ,  (D CO, Feb. 4, 2022), a Colorado federal district court dismissed  RLUI...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Court Rejects Religious and Other Challenges To Takeover Of Abandoned Homes

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Honkala v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ,  (ED PA, Jan. 31, 2022) involves an unsuccessful challenge to the Philadelphia...
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Church Challenges City's Limits On Its Offering Meals To Homeless

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Suit was filed last week in an Oregon federal district court by a church challenging a city's ordinance that limits it from offering fre...
Sunday, August 08, 2021

10th Circuit: Parolee May Move Ahead In Suit Challenging His Placement In Christian Housing

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In Janny v. Gamez ,  (10th Cir., Aug. 6, 2021), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a parolee, who is an atheist, should be abl...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Food Ordinance Does Not Violate Rights Of Christians Distributing Sandwiches

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In Redlich v. City of St. Louis ,  (ED MO, July 22, 2021), a Missouri federal magistrate judge dismissed a suit by two officers of the New L...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Appellate Court Narrows Ruling Allowing Clearing Of Homeless Encampments

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In State of Ohio ex rel. New Prospect Baptist Church v, Rulehlman   (OH App., Dec. 20, 2019), an Ohio state appellate court, narrowed an inj...
Friday, December 20, 2019

Settlement Reached In Suit Over Homeless Shelter

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A settlement has been reached in the RLUIPA lawsuit filed last month (see prior posting ) by the Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Chur...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Cert. Denied In Boise Ban On Sleeping Outdoors

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Boise, ID v. Martin,  (Docket No. 19-247, certiorari denied 12/16/2019). ( Order List .) I...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Church Sues Under RLUIPA To Operate Homeless Shelter

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The Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church has filed a RLUIPA lawsuit against the city of Lenexa, Kansas which has denied the church ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Village Sues Church Over Its Homeless Shelter

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RNS reports that the affluent Chicago suburb of Village of Orland Park has filed suit against Hope Covenant Church seeking to close down it...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Suit By Mennonite Group Over Lockers For Homeless Is Settled

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The Rocky Mountain Collegian yesterday reported on the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship against the...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Zoning Accommodation For Homeless Construction Is Upheld

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In Ward v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee ,  (TN App., April 17, 2019), a Tennessee state appeals court...