Co-ops accused of racial bias

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Joseph William Singer.
Categories: Antidiscrimination law, Co-ops, Fair Housing Act, Restraints on alienation.

Two Bronx communities organized as co-ops require references from three co-op members in order to buy units. After using testers, the Fair Housing Justice Center has filed a lawsuit arguing that this requirement has a discriminatory effect when existing co-op members are overwhelmingly white and when the requirement was not consistently applied. Read article.

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