Topic
Housing Discrimination
179 published works
ContractsProf Blog
Fair Housing Act and Discrimination Claims Against Rocket Mortgage
I like a good § 1981 case. You don't get that many of them. Francesa Cheroutes, who is Black, owns a duplex in Denver, Colorado. In May, 2020, she got…
SCOV Law
Claims and Consequences Continued
By Andy DelaneyTwo published decisions thus far in July. We'll take up the July 2 opinion first because there ain't much to the July 10 entry order. Y'all remember that Gloria…
Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog
¿Vive usted en una comunidad que no acepta mascotas?
By Marty Platts
La mayoría de las asociaciones de comunidad contienen algún tipo de restricción en sus Documentos Rectores. Algunas asociaciones prohíben todo tipo de mascotas. Otras limitan el tipo, número y/o tamaño…
EU Law Analysis
Race, Housing, and the Limits of EU Anti-Discrimination Law: A Commentary on the CJEU’s Judgment in the Danish ‘ghetto law’ case
By stevepeerseulawanalysis-blogspot-com
Karin de Vries (professor of fundamental rights law, Utrecht University) and Sarah Ganty (JSD candidate, Yale Law School; FNRS Post doc fellow, UCLouvain) Photo credit: Kristoffer Trolle,…
Municipal Minute
Court Dismisses Discrimination Charge relating to Code Enforcement Action
An Illinois Appellate Court ruled in favor of a municipality in a housing discrimination case that had been dismissed for lack of substantial evidence by the Illinois Department of Human…
A Lawyer's Blog
NYC FAIR CHANCE FOR HOUSING ACT
From an email from the firm of Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP:"The New York City Council recently enacted Local Law 24 of 2024 – The Fair Chance for Housing…
Consumer Finance Monitor
HUD Charges Appraiser, Appraisal Management Company, and Lender with Race Discrimination
By Loran Kilson, Richard J. Andreano, Jr.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently charged multiple entities with housing discrimination based on an asserted biased appraisal and denial of a mortgage refinance loan application based…
Bloom Legal Blog
FHA Claims: Protecting Your Rights Under the Fair Housing Act
By Seth Bloom
Understand your rights and navigate FHA claims with our guide. Bloom Legal helps you pursue justice under the Fair Housing Act. The post FHA Claims: Protecting Your Rights Under the…
Simple Justice
Can Old Houses Be “Racist”?
Casa de SJ will soon celebrate its centennial. Built as a Georgian Colonial country house in 1927 by architects Polemus and Coffin, its first resident was Hoffman Nickerson, who was…
Religion Clause
Presumption of Discrimination in Virginia Fair housing Law Held Unconstitutional
In Carter v. Virginia Real Estate Board, (VA Cir. Ct., Jan. 24, 2024), a Virginia state trial court held unconstitutional a portion of Virginia's Fair Housing Law (§36-96.3) that provides:The…