HUD’s Proposed Rule Slams the Door on Critical Fair Housing Protection Civil Rights Groups Oppose HUD Regulation Aimed at Eliminating its Disparate Impact Enforcement Housing groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to immediately...
18 Organizations Sign Amicus Brief Championing MBTA Communities Law in Supreme Judicial Court A host of organizations joined forces as signatories on an amicus brief defending the MBTA Communities Act. Attorneys from Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), and Nixon Peabody LLP submitted the brief to the...
Civil Rights Groups Call on Massachusetts to Withdraw Proposed MCAD Regulations That Limit Access to Justice Victims of Discrimination Will Face Further Limits to Accessing Justice Under New Rules Civil rights leaders across Massachusetts are calling on the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) to withdraw newly proposed regulations that...
12 Towns Must Comply with the MBTA Communities Zoning Law Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) sent demand letters to twelve Massachusetts towns that continue to resist complying with the MBTA Communities Zoning Law. This historic law, enacted to help alleviate Massachusetts’ severe housing crisis, requires all covered jurisdictions to allow multi-family...
Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Lawyers for Civil Rights has been devoted to bending that arc since the 1960s. We know that justice is possible, even in dark times, and that the law remains one of the most powerful tools to achieve it. During 2026, LCR will continue to sue those who...
Sue. And Build. Our New Year’s commitment is simple: sue—early and often—and build.There’s a hockey lesson that captures our approach: if you skate to where the puck is, you miss it. You have to anticipate where it’s going. That kind of forward-looking strategy—anticipating need—has been one of our most powerful contributions to the civil rights...
Lawyers for Civil Rights Rebukes HUD’s Fair Housing Investigation of Boston Boston Must Do More, Not Less, To Remedy Housing Inequality For Communities of Color Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) sent a letter to the City of Boston condemning the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) “fair housing” investigation of the City. LCR’s letter...
Lawyers for Civil Rights Demands Information from HUD on Housing Discrimination Cases Closed During Trump Administration Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), seeking to uncover information about how the agency is handling discrimination...
