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Supreme Court Upholds Disparate Impact Liability

hamilton-zanze July 06, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court decided that policies relegating minorities to poor neighborhoods — even unintentionally — violate the Fair Housing Act (FHA).

The Justices ruled 5-4 that people can legally object to lending, zoning, sales, and rental practices based on the discriminatory effects those practices have on minorities — without proving discriminatory intentions.