Housing

  • Mendonsa v. Lowell Housing Authority

    Low-Income Families Oppose City’s Motion to Dismiss Their Challenge to Planned Demolition of Public Housing Development

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    December 30, 2005

  • L. v. Connecticut Department of Children and Families

    Mentally Retarded Youth Argues Before Second Circuit That State Child Care Agency Violated Due Process by Failing to Give Him a Hearing on Use of His Income for Unsafe Housing

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    November 14, 2005

  • Jefferson v. Crestwood Suites Baton Rouge-Airport SPE Limited Liability Company

    Hurricane Evacuees, Who Prepaid for Lodging, Obtain Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Their Eviction by Hotel Seeking to Charge Higher Rates from Football Fans

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    October 19, 2005

  • Clearing House Association Limited Liability Company v. Spitzer

    New York Attorney General Is Enjoined from Instituting Judicial Action in State’s Parens Patriae Capacity to Enforce Fair Housing Act’s Fair Lending Provisions Against National Banks

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    October 12, 2005

  • Doe v. Lambs Farm Incorporated

    HIV Status Alleged as Reason for Applicant’s Rejection by Service Provider

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    September 27, 2005

  • Valdez v. Town of Brookhaven

    Finding That Latino Day Laborers Established Likelihood of Success Under a Disparate Impact Theory That Town’s “No Notice, No Standards” Evictions Violate The Fair Housing Act, Court Preliminarily Enjoins Town from Seeking Ex Parte Orders Closing Premises

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    September 27, 2005

  • Caswell v. City of Detroit Housing Commission

    Plaintiff Seeks Rehearing of Sixth Circuit Ruling That No Cause of Action Under Section 1983 to Challenge Housing Authority's Termination of His Section 8 Subsidy Prior to Eviction Order

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    August 29, 2005

  • Charleston Housing Authority v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Preservation Act’s Prepayment Restrictions Prevail Over Prepayment Rights Established by Section 515 Contract, Eighth Circuit Holds

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    August 18, 2005

  • Ventura Village Inc. v. City of Minneapolis

    Eighth Circuit Dismisses Neighbors’ Claim that City’s Approval of Supportive Housing Development in Minority Neighborhood Violates Fair Housing Act

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    August 17, 2005

  • Price v. City of Stockton

    Court Grants Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend Preliminary Injunction Order to Enjoin Vacating, Demolishing, or Converting Residential Hotels

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    August 09, 2005