A divided Supreme Court ruled this week in a Dallas case that housing discrimination need not be intentional in order to be illegal.
The high court ruled 5-4 that legal objections to lending, zoning, sales and rental practices only need to show that they had a disparate affect on African Americans or other minorities.
The case, called Texas Department of Housing v. Inclusive Communities Project, involved a decision by Dallas officials to make most federal low-income housing vouchers available in…
Linggo, Hunyo 28, 2015
Supreme Court ruling in Dallas housing case leaves developers in the lurch
A divided Supreme Court ruled this week in a Dallas case that housing discrimination need not be intentional in order to be illegal.
The high court ruled 5-4 that legal objections to lending, zoning, sales and rental practices only need to show that they had a disparate affect on African Americans or other minorities.
The case, called Texas Department of Housing v. Inclusive Communities Project, involved a decision by Dallas officials to make most federal low-income housing vouchers available in…
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