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...
CHAPA and Lawyers for Civil Rights Celebrate Court Ruling Rejecting Unfunded Mandate Challenges to MBTA Communities Law In yet another victory for the MBTA Communities Act (the “Act”), a Massachusetts Superior Court judge decisively ruledthat the Act “does not constitute an unfunded mandate.” In doing so, the Court squarely rejected the State Auditor’s...
VICTORY! Town of Holden Will Comply with MBTA Zoning Law Holden submits MBTA Zoning Compliance Plan and States Intention to Abide by the Law’s Zoning Mandate BOSTON – Nearly two years after being sued, the Town of Holden has said it will comply with the MBTA Zoning Law and has submitted an “action plan” to the state outlining how it will seek to do so....
Supreme Judicial Court Rules MBTA Communities Act Is Mandatory. Civil Rights Groups Applaud Ruling, Which Will Increase Affordable Housing And Decrease Segregation The Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has upheld the MBTA Communities Act and ruled that it imposes mandatory duties on all 177 cities and towns covered by the law. The ruling adopts...
Statement from Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a legal organization in Boston providing free legal support to people of color, immigrants, and low-income people: At Lawyers for Civil Rights, our commitment to advancing civil rights remains unshaken. As a non-profit, non-partisan organization, our...
Advocates Champion Housing Justice for Communities of Color in Supreme Judicial Court Brief Filed Supporting Attorney General’s Enforcement of MBTA Communities Law in Milton Attorneys from Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and Brown Rudnick LLP filed a friend-of-the-court brief before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the Attorney...
Mobile Home Residents File Class Action Lawsuit Against Landlord Challenging Exorbitant Rent Increases Lawsuit Alleges Parakeet Communities Deceived, Exploited Vulnerable Residents Residents of two mobile home parks in Auburn, Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit against the parks’ owner, Parakeet Communities, Inc. (“Parakeet”). The plaintiffs are...
Demand Letter Threatens Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Vulnerable Mobile Home Residents in Auburn, MA Following Extreme Rent Increases and Numerous Regulatory Violations at Two Mobile Home Parks in Auburn, LCR Issues 30-Day Demand Letter to Park Owners Under Massachusetts’ Consumer Protection Act Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) issued a formal 30-day...
