Showing posts with label Fair Housing Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fair Housing Act. Show all posts
Friday, January 26, 2024

Presumption of Discrimination in Virginia Fair housing Law Held Unconstitutional

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 In Carter v. Virginia Real Estate Board , (VA Cir. Ct., Jan. 24, 2024), a Virginia state trial court held unconstitutional a portion of Vir...
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...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Supreme Court Denies Review in Christian College's Challenge to Fair Housing Act Enforcement

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in  The School of the Ozarks v. Biden, (Docket No. 22-816, certiorari denied, 6/20/2023). ( O...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Cert. Petition Filed in Suit by Christian College Over Gender Identity Discrimination Under Fair Housing Act

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text )   was filed yesterday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in The School of the Ozarks v. ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Subsidized Housing Family Size Limit Did Not Violate Rights Of Orthodox Jewish Family

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In Katz v. New York City Housing Preservation & Development ,  (SD NY, Aug. 8, 2022), a New York federal district court rejected Free Ex...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

8th Circuit: Christian School Lacks Standing To Challenge HUD Memo On Sex Discrimination In Housing

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 In  The School of the Ozarks, Inc. v. Biden , (8th Cir., July 27, 2022), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held in a 2-1 decision that ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

College Seeks Injunction Pending Appeal To 8th Circuit In Suit Against HUD's Transgender Policy On Student Housing

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In February of this year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a Directive  interpreting the Fair Housing Act as barring d...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Court Denies Injunction Against HUD's Fair Housing Act Interpretation Of Sex Discrimination

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According to the Springfield News-Leader , after a 2½-hour hearing on Wednesday, a Missouri federal district court judge refused to issue a ...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Christian College Sues HUD Over Interpretation of Fair Housing Act

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Suit was filed last week in a Missouri federal district court challenging a Directive issued last month by the U.S. Department of Housing a...
Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Suit Claims Enforcement of Deed Restriction Against Synagogue Violates Religious Exercise Rights

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Suit was filed late last month in a Texas federal district court against the City of Houston seeking to block it from enforcing a deed restr...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Suit Claiming Discriminatory Enforcement of Codes Against Orthodox Jews Moves Ahead

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In Indig v. Village of Pomona ,  (SD NY, Nov. 18, 2019), a New York federal district court refused to dismiss equal protection and Fair Hous...
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Suit Challenges Virginia Fair Housing Act Provision Barring Religious Language In Ads

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Suit was filed in a Virginia state trial court yesterday challenging a provision in the state's Fair Housing Code which provides that ad...
Friday, July 26, 2019

County Sued Over Zoning Denial To Faith-Based Recovery Program

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Suit was filed in a Georgia federal district court last week by a ministry offering a faith-based residential program for men recovering fro...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Senior Community Management Sued Over Ban on Bible Study Groups and Public Prayer

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A lawsuit was filed this week in a Virginia federal district court by a retired pastor and his wife against a senior living community where ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Condo's Sex Segregated Swim Hours Violate Fair Housing Act

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In Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association ,  (3d Cir., April 22, 2019), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held that a condomin...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Judge Overrules Jury Saying No Religious Discrimination By Homeowners Association Was Shown

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In Morris v. West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowners Association, Inc. ,  (D ID, April 4, 2019), an Idaho federal district judge enjoi...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

In Settlement Airbnb Agrees To Allow Listing of West Bank Properties

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In a press release yesterday, an Israeli civil rights group announced a settlement in   Sliber v. Airbnb , one of a number of suits challen...
Thursday, March 07, 2019

3rd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Fair Housing Act Challenge To Sex-Segregated Pool Hours

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On Tuesday, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Curto v. Country Place Condominium Association, Inc.  ( audio of f...
Friday, January 18, 2019

Court Says Fair Housing Act Does Not Bar Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Walsh v. Friendship Village of South County ,  (ED MO, Jan. 16. 2019), a Missouri federal district court, relying on a 1989 decision by t...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Suits Proliferating Against Airbnb Over West Bank Delistings

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Lawsuits are proliferating against Airbnb for its decision last week to delist rentals in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.  In addition...