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...
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...
Lawyers for Civil Rights Commends Attorney General Campbell’s Swift Action to Hold Milton Accountable for Violating the MBTA Zoning Law Attorney General Andrea Campbell has sued the Town of Milton for its failure to comply with the MBTA Zoning Law. Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) applauds this enforcement action, which comes at a critical time as at least...
As Affordable Housing Crisis Devastates Low-Income Communities, Lawsuit Challenges Housing Providers That Refuse to Rent to Subsidized Housing Recipients In a mammoth new lawsuit filed today, Housing Rights Initiative (“HRI”), a non-profit housing watchdog group, simultaneously sued twenty Boston-area landlords and real estate brokers,...
