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Housing Discrimination Local Ordinance

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

NJ Appellate Division Rules that Municipal Ordinance Restricting Ownership to Individuals Over 55 Violates Fair Housing Act and NJ...

On July 31, 2024, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued its ruling in New Jersey REALTORS® v. Township of Berkeley, upholding a trial court’s decision invalidating a municipal ordinance requiring that the owners of units...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Seattle Adds Caste to Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

Last week, the city of Seattle approved a proposal to add caste to its list of protected classifications under its antidiscrimination ordinance that applies to employment and housing. Caste is a social hierarchy system based...more

Brooks Pierce

North Carolina Municipalities Pass Anti-Discrimination Ordinances - Update

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On Dec. 1, 2020, the provision of North Carolina House Bill 142 that preempted municipalities from passing non-discrimination ordinances expired. Since then, municipalities across North Carolina have passed...more

Perkins Coie

Disparate-Impact ClaimUnder FHA and FEHA Must Demonstrate Causal Connection Between a City’s Approval of Development Projects and...

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The court of appeal held that the City’s approval of mixed-used development projects was not an “artificial, arbitrary, or unnecessary barrier[]” to fair housing necessary to support disparate-impact claims under the FHA and...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Inclusionary Housing Units Must Be Counted Toward State Density Bonus Requirements in California - Appellate Court Issues Ruling...

A California appellate court recently held that cities and counties must count affordable housing units developed pursuant to local inclusionary requirements toward satisfying density bonus standards set forth in state law. ...more

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