Supreme Court upholds the Fair Housing Act
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has upheld the Fair Housing Act, a 1968 law that made it illegal to deny housing to someone based on their race. The court debated whether the law allowed for lawsuits when a practice has a discriminatory effect, even if there was no intent to discriminate. The case was brought by a community organization in Texas that claimed the Housing Department had segregated Section 8 housing to low-income, high-crime areas. Texas' Housing Department argued that, if they had no intention of discriminating against anyone and had acted with good intentions, then it shouldn't be subjected to lawsuits.
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