SECTION B HOUSING FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
The
court sided with a community organization alleging that Texas’ housing
department had improperly clustered Section 8 housing in low-income,
high-crime areas — essentially preserving the segregation that federal
housing law was designed to end.
Texas had argued that the lawsuit was invalid, and the question before the high court was whether the Fair Housing Act — a law intended to outlaw racial discrimination in housing — allows people to sue over practices that might not be explicitly discriminatory, but end up hurting minorities disproportionately.
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Texas had argued that the lawsuit was invalid, and the question before the high court was whether the Fair Housing Act — a law intended to outlaw racial discrimination in housing — allows people to sue over practices that might not be explicitly discriminatory, but end up hurting minorities disproportionately.
- See more at: http://moonbattery.com/#sthash.vwBRwH9q.dpuf
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