Jackson County and its assessor favored predominately white areas over minority neighborhoods during this year’s reassessment process, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The lawsuit claims the county and the director of the county’s claims ...

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Jackson County and its assessor favored predominately white areas over minority neighborhoods during this year’s reassessment process, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The lawsuit claims the county and the director of the county’s claims ...

Tagged with: ACLU American Civil Liberties Union Fair Housing Act Gail McCann Beatty Jackson County MO

A pair of Missouri Supreme Court rulings have opened the door for LGBTQ individuals to bring sex-discrimination claims under the Missouri Human Rights Act, but the rulings don’t settle the issue of sexual orientation and gender-identity discrimination once and for all.

Tagged with: ACLU of Missouri Blue Springs R-IV School District Coronado Katz Department of Social Services Child Support Enforcement Division Fair Housing Act George W. Draper III Laura Denvir Stith LGBTQ Missouri Human Rights Act Missouri Nondiscrimination Act Missouri Supreme Court Patricia Breckenridge Rep. Greg Razer Rep. Ian Mackey Sowers & Wolf W. Brent Powell Zel M. Fischer

Plaintiffs attempted to rent an apartment from defendant but were told that defendant’s policies required pay stubs, offer letters or tax returns to verify income, or required a qualified guarantor or the full lease term paid up front. Defendant refused ...

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The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday in a debate over a decades-old strategy for fighting discrimination in housing.

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Smithrud v. City of St. Paul (MLW No. 66204/Case No. 12-3713 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bright, J.)

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A decision favoring the banking industry would mark a major change in the enforcement of the 1968 fair-housing law.

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A federal judge threw out a Fair Housing Act lawsuit the city of Kansas City filed against the owner and manager of an apartment complex that had instituted an 8:30 p.m. curfew for minors. U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner, ...

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Kansas City has sued an apartment complex, alleging it violated the Fair Housing Act by instituting a curfew for its tenants under the age of 18. Cloverleaf Apartments, located on U.S. Highway 71 south of Grandview, instituted a mandatory 8:30 ...

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