The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact standard in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs reaffirmed 40 years of settled precedent under the Fair Housing Act. The disparate impact standard is a core mechanism through which housing rights are protected and structural discrimination can be … [Read more...] about ICP v. Texas Amicus Briefs
PRRAC in the Courts
Most of PRRAC’s advocacy is at the federal and state executive branch level – working to implement civil rights mandates in housing, education, and environmental justice. We have also been occasionally involved in litigation, as amici curiae in a number of key Supreme Court and appellate cases (see here), sometimes convening or working with expert witnesses, and on one occasion participating as a plaintiff (as part of the coalition that brought a challenge to Maryland’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit program). More recently, in response to the unlawful suspension of important civil rights rules that PRRAC worked so hard to secure during the Obama administration, we have joined as co-counsel in two direct litigation challenges to HUD’s authority, Open Communities Alliance et al v. Carson and National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson (see below).
Amicus brief (Lawyers’ Committee, PRRAC, The Opportunity Agenda, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Leadership Conference Education Fund)
Link to the full brief No. 13-1371 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States --------------------------------- --------------------------------- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ET AL., Petitioners, v. THE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT, … [Read more...] about Amicus brief (Lawyers’ Committee, PRRAC, The Opportunity Agenda, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Leadership Conference Education Fund)
Texas v. ICP Amicus brief (various housing scholars) (December 2014)
Link to the full brief No. 13-1371 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States --------------------------------- --------------------------------- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ET AL., Petitioners, v. THE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT, INC., … [Read more...] about Texas v. ICP Amicus brief (various housing scholars) (December 2014)
Civil and Human Rights Amicus Briefs
Over the years, we have joined our civil rights partners in raising key perspectives on civil rights issues before the courts. Amicus brief (FHP, PRRAC, NHLP) (May 2020) Brief of amici curiae (Housing Justice Center, NHLP, PRRAC) (January 2020) Amicus Brief in Minneapolis v. Fletcher Properties (PRRAC & NHLP, June 2019 Amicus brief in City of Minneapolis v … [Read more...] about Civil and Human Rights Amicus Briefs
Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs, 2010 WL 3766714 (N.D. Tex. 2010)
Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs, 2010 WL 3766714 (N.D. Tex. 2010) ICP filed suit against Texas’ state housing finance agency for perpetuating racial segregation in Dallas and other large urban areas through their administration of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. ICP alleges that the defendant has disproportionately … [Read more...] about Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs, 2010 WL 3766714 (N.D. Tex. 2010)
