Last month the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. In that case, the Court will decide whether disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Todd Gaziano, Executive Director of PLF’s D.C. Center and Senior Fellow in ...
PLF’s Todd Gaziano, Executive Director of PLF’s DC Center and Senior Fellow in Constitutional Law, attended the oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court today in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. The important issue before the Court is whether the Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits ...
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., to determine whether the Fair Housing Act encompasses claims for disparate impact. Attorneys for PLF filed a brief in that case, joined by many other organizations, arguing that the Fair Housing Act prohibits in ...
Today the Supreme Court asked the U.S. Solicitor General to provide the government’s views on whether the federal Fair Housing Act encompasses disparate impact claims. The Court had agreed to rule on that issue last Term, but the case providing that question settled without a decision. The case now being considered by the Court is … ...