STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A18-1271 Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al., Respondents, vs. City of Minneapolis, Appellant. Filed June 10, 2019 Reversed and remanded Cochran, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CV-17-9410 View the Decision here. … [Read more...] about Victory in Minneapolis Source of Income Discrimination Challenge! (June 2019)
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, 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).
National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson (2018)
Post-Ruling Defendants’ opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend the Judgment and for Leave to Amend the Complaint (October 2018) Plaintiffs’ reply brief (October 2018) Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend the Judgment and for Leave to Amend the Complaint (September 2018) Second Amended Complaint (September 2018) Ruling Opinion (U.S. District Court of the District … [Read more...] about National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson (2018)
National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson Plaintiffs’ Preliminary Injunction Motion and attachments
2 - Memorandum of Law in Support of PI and Summary Judgment 2-1 - Proposed Order 2-2 Declaration of Maxwell Ciardullo 2-3 Declaration of Janet Hostetler 2-4 Declaration of Justin Steil 2-5 Declaration of Madison Sloan 2-6 Declaration of Deborah Goldberg 2-7 Declaration of John Henneberger 2-8 Declaration of Lisa Rice 2-9 Declaration of Daniel … [Read more...] about National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Carson Plaintiffs’ Preliminary Injunction Motion and attachments
OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents Materials (2017-2018)
In fall 2017, PRRAC joined other civil rights organizations (NAACP LDF, Relman Dane and Colfax, Lawyers' Committee, and Public Citizen) in filing an Administrative Procedure Act suit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its decision to suspend a 2016 rule change that would have helped low-income families with Housing Choice Vouchers move to … [Read more...] about OCA v. Carson and Small-Area Fair Market Rents Materials (2017-2018)
Amicus Brief in City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo
See PDF. download pdf (N.D. Cal. 2017 … [Read more...] about Amicus Brief in City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo