Housing: Discrimination – Voices for Civil Justice

Freeport’s East End Began in Segregation and Will End with Displacement

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Freeport’s East End Began in Segregation and Will End with Displacement

September 12, 2018 | Michael Barajas | Texas Observer
A federal lawsuit accuses Port Freeport of threatening residents of a minority community with eminent domain and coercing them into selling their property.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination

Racial discrimination suit filed against Urby in federal court

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Racial discrimination suit filed against Urby in federal court

July 13, 2018 | Paul Liotta | Staten Island Advance
All three of the complainants claim they were issued notices, and threatened with eviction despite having done nothing wrong, according to a civil complaint.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Housing: Landlord-Tenant | Minorities: Racial/Ethnic

Brooklyn landlord tried to boot Latino tenants, demanded to know their immigration status: lawsuit

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Brooklyn landlord tried to boot Latino tenants, demanded to know their immigration status: lawsuit

January 23, 2018 | Edgar Sandoval , Ginger Adams Otis , Andrew Keshner | New York Daily News
Current and former residents at two Sunset Park buildings are looking to bring Adel Eskander’s years of alleged discrimination to a halt with the class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Housing: Eviction | Minorities: Racial/Ethnic

The hidden poisoning of poor children at an L.A. housing complex

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The hidden poisoning of poor children at an L.A. housing complex

October 19, 2016 | Bryce Covert | ThinkProgress
The soil is laced with lead and arsenic in yards where children play.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Lead Poisoning

Housing Advocates Fight to Preserve Big Win in Corpus Christi’s Northside

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Housing Advocates Fight to Preserve Big Win in Corpus Christi’s Northside

October 12, 2016 | Patrick Michels | Texas Observer
Housing advocates say Corpus Christi hasn't kept a promise to help low-income residents — who won a major legal fight against the city in 2015 — relocate to safer areas.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Housing: Eviction

Lead contamination in LA housing project said to put 300 kids at risk

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Lead contamination in LA housing project said to put 300 kids at risk

October 1, 2016 | Daniel Ross | Guardian
Jordan Downs residents fear wider impact of planned demolition in former industrial site but lead contamination is only one part of toxic puzzle.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination | Lead Poisoning

Lawsuit aims to prompt city inspectors to keep close eye on HUD properties, protect tenants

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Lawsuit aims to prompt city inspectors to keep close eye on HUD properties, protect tenants

September 18, 2016 | Christopher Hong , Andrew Pantazi | Florida Times-Union
A group of public housing residents are suing a city official for not enforcing building-quality standards at federally subsidized apartments, saying the policy has unfairly left low-income tenants to languish in poor living conditions that are illegal under city law.
Tags: Housing: Discrimination