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On March 16, a coalition of attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging a set of September 2025 guidance...more
On March 24, HUD announced that its Office for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has opened and notified the Washington State Housing Finance Commission of an investigation into the state’s “Covenant Homeownership Program,”...more
On March 16, a coalition of attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia announced they have filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging a set of September...more
On March 5, 2026, Bond, Schoeneck & King secured a unanimous decision from the Appellate Division holding that the New York State Human Rights Law violates the Fourth Amendment to the extent it mandates landlord participation...more
On February 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit vacated in part, affirmed in part, and reversed in part a lower court’s ruling in a case involving allegations of housing discrimination under the Fair Housing Act...more
On February 20, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) announced that it has filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia alleging that a real estate lending firm engaged...more
On February 11, a coalition of state attorneys general published a comment letter urging HUD to withdraw its proposed rule rescinding its “Discriminatory Effects Standard” under the Fair Housing Act (covered by InfoBytes...more
The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from two states: New Jersey - Effective immediately upon approval by Governor Phil Murphy on January...more
Approximately one year into the second Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has taken notable steps to reshape the federal fair housing compliance landscape by withdrawing numerous...more
The Trump Administration issued an executive order in April 2025 directing federal agencies to no longer rely on the "disparate impact" theory of liability to find financial institutions and others guilty of discrimination...more
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the nation’s largest nonprofit fair housing organization, leading investigations, enforcement, advocacy, and research to advance equal housing opportunity....more
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (the “Division”) recently finalized revisions to the state’s disparate impact regulations. The regulations implement New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”), which state...more
On December 17, New Jersey announced its adoption of what its Attorney General is calling the “most comprehensive state-level disparate impact regulations in the country.” Effective December 15, 2025, the Division on Civil...more
Every December, we are encouraged to reflect on a defining milestone in American constitutional and civil rights history – the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865....more
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just issued a major update on criminal-record screening and rolled back several prior guidance documents. This article explains what’s changed, what HUD expects from...more
Community association boards need to be thoughtful and deliberate when considering reasonable accommodations or modifications. Follow our guide to processing requests under the federal Fair Housing Act....more
The New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) is one of the broadest and most comprehensive civil rights laws in the world. The NYCHRL prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations and delineates...more
On October 14, Cuyahoga County passed legislation banning discrimination based on natural hairstyles. The ordinance, modeled after California’s CROWN Act (Creating A Respectful Open World for Natural Hair), makes Cuyahoga the...more
The Chester County Board of Commissioners recently adopted Ordinance No. ORD-2025-03, creating the Chester County Human Relations Commission (CCHRC) and enacting broad countywide nondiscrimination provisions covering...more
Recently, leaders from the U.S. House received a letter which had been announced by chairs of four congressional groups (the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the...more
On August 25, the U.S. Supreme Court received a writ of certiorari from a mortgage lender (the petitioner) challenging a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upholding a jury verdict finding the...more
Welcome to the September 2025 edition of MHH's Condo/Co-op Digest. We hope our readers enjoyed their August holidays as much as we did and that all of their summer capital improvement projects are all underway and on...more
Adams & Reese recently obtained a landmark win for a housing provider, securing a ruling that it did not have to automatically waive its animal fee for a tenant with an emotional support animal (ESA) under the Fair Housing...more
A federal judge has dismissed a high-profile case involving allegations that a home appraiser was racially biased in his appraisal. ...more
Housing providers are required to comply with the New York City Fair Chance Housing Act, Local Law 24, which prohibits discrimination toward prospective and current housing occupants based on criminal history, if they choose...more