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The Mount Laurel doctrine is a significant judicial doctrine of the New Jersey State Constitution.The doctrine requires that municipalities use their zoning powers in an affirmative manner to provide a realistic opportunity for the production of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households.
The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 was passed to give the federal government the power to enforce the original Fair Housing Act to correct past problems with enforcement. [21] The amendment established a system of administrative law judges to hear cases brought to them by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and to ...
Executive Order 11063 was signed by President John F. Kennedy on November 20, 1962. This Order "prohibits discrimination in the sale, leasing, rental, or other disposition of properties and facilities owned or operated by the federal government or provided with federal funds."
By Karen Mracek Believe it or not: The housing market is recovering in most states. Home price indexes for 38 states ended 2011 above their early-year lows. And while prices aren't yet up to ...
Since the Fair Housing Act was passed on April 11, 1968, the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has celebrated April as Fair Housing Month. Every April, state and local governments as well as non-profit organizations hold events and conduct activities to celebrate Fair Housing Month.
South Carolina’s judicial landscape could change following calls by key leaders to revamp the way judges are selected in the state. Here are some the major players and their proposals.
Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court case that held that racially restrictive housing covenants cannot legally be enforced.. The case arose after an African-American family purchased a house in St. Louis that was subject to a restrictive covenant preventing "people of the Negro or Mongolian Race" from occupying the property.
In North Carolina, for example, the state judicial conduct commission opened an investigation last summer into state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls for comments she had made about bias in the ...