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OCA v. Carson

Status: Ongoing
Last Update: October 23, 2020

What's at Stake

On October 22, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 filed suit on behalf of Open Communities Alliance and SouthCoast Fair Housing against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), challenging its new regulation on disparate impact discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.

Under the FHA, victims of housing discrimination have the right to bring disparate impact claims to challenge discriminatory housing practices that appear neutral but disproportionately harm people based on their race, gender, disability status, or status as a family with children. HUD鈥檚 new regulation makes it much more difficult for complainants to challenge policies that systemically discriminate, by significantly increasing what complainants must show to establish discrimination, easing the burdens placed on respondents, creating new exemptions from liability, and eliminating 鈥減erpetuation of segregation鈥 as a form of discrimination.

The 老澳门开奖结果 has a long history of bringing disparate impact claims, including challenging landlord policies of evicting victims of domestic violence based on the abuse they experience, tenant screening practices that disqualify anyone with a prior criminal record, and mortgage lending practices that harm people of color.

The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and seeks permanent injunctive relief vacating the regulation. Co-counsel include the 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Lawyers鈥 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll.

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