The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) recently answered the question of whether the Massachusetts anti-discrimination statute Chapter 151B recognizes a disparate impact theory of discrimination. In Burbank...more
5/3/2016
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Apartments ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
HUD ,
MA Supreme Judicial Court ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
Section 8 ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
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On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 margin, upheld the application of disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) in Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc....more