Appraisal Discrimination Appeal Filed After Race-Based $100,000 Undervaluation Six-Figure Loss Sparks Appeal on Behalf of Interracial Couple in Franklin, Mass. Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) has appealed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD)...
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...
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 mission...
