Whitewater mobile home park to pay $100K settlement
The owner and operators of a Whitewater mobile home park have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging they had unlawfully excluded families with children from parts of their mobile home park.
US Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias (UPDATE)
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a surprising victory to the Obama administration and civil rights groups on Thursday when it upheld a key tool used for more than four decades to fight housing discrimination.
Scalia could be surprise vote in housing case
The Obama administration may need the vote of a frequent conservative antagonist on the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a decades-old strategy for fighting housing discrimination.
High court sharply divided over housing bias cases (UPDATE)
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday in a debate over a decades-old strategy for fighting discrimination in housing.
Housing bias dispute could return to US Supreme Court
It's not easy to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to hear a case.
Another big year on tap at US Supreme Court
After two high court terms full of high-profile cases ranging from the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act to the fate of same-sex marriage laws, no one is calling the upcoming term a blockbuster. But perhaps they should be.
Hotel managers settle fair housing complaint
A man and his former fiance have agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing them of evicting a woman from their New Richmond hotel because she refused the man's sexual advances.
US Supreme Court considers housing code enforcement case affecting minorities
Many urban governments in Oregon have adopted housing codes to regulate substandard housing.
Feds accuse New Berlin of housing discrimination
NEW BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. government is accusing the city of New Berlin of violating the Fair Housing Act. Federal prosecutors released a lawsuit Thursday that accuses city officials of denying applications to a developer who wanted to build low-income housing. According to the lawsuit, the city and mayor initially approved the application […]
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