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...
No Path to Justice for Victims of Discrimination in the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Escalating long-simmering concerns over deficiencies at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”), the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (“ULEM”) and Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) have issued a demand...
Statement Condemning Result of Milton Zoning Referendum Milton Has Decided to Defy the MBTA Zoning Law, Now the Attorney General Must Hold the Town Accountable Milton residents voted down critical zoning changes that would have allowed for more multi-family housing development within the Town’s borders. As a result, Milton now joins Holden in open...
Exploited Mobile Home Residents Demand Justice in Central Massachusetts Cease-and-Desist Letter Issued to Landlord Following Exorbitant Rent Increases, Dangerous and Unsanitary Conditions Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) issued a cease-and-desist letter to the landlord of two mobile home parks in Auburn, MA, demanding a halt to illegal and exorbitant rent...
Boston Can’t Fix the Housing Crisis Alone—the Commonwealth Must Enforce its MBTA Zoning Law Lawyers for Civil Rights Applauds Mayor Wu’s Housing Efforts, But More is Needed Across the Commonwealth to Combat the Affordable Housing Crisis Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered her second state of the city address. In it, Mayor Wu touted her administration’s...
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Lawyers for Civil Rights Statement On Legislature’s $250 Million Appropriation For Emergency Shelter Lawyers for Civil Rights applauds the Legislature’s announcement today that it will appropriate $250 million to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis facing the Commonwealth’s emergency shelter system. We are proud that the lawsuit we filed late last month...
UPDATE: Judge Declines to Issue Preliminary Order Halting Changes to Right to Shelter LawA Superior Court judge declined to issue an order temporarily blocking the State’s proposed changes to the Right-to-Shelter Law. The ruling, which follows an emergency hearing in Lawyers for Civil Rights’ class action lawsuit, finds that the Executive Office of Housing...
