/tags/fair-housing-act Fair Housing Act en-US Copyright Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government/2025-09-19/texas-workforce-commission-east-plano-islamic-center-mosque-religious-discrimination-investigation-closed-fair-housing-act The corporation behind a North Texas mosque's planned multipurpose development says it's reached an agreement with the Texas Workforce Commission resolving allegations that the development would discriminate against non-Muslims. Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government/2025-09-19/texas-workforce-commission-east-plano-islamic-center-mosque-religious-discrimination-investigation-closed-fair-housing-act Toluwani Osibamowo /texas-news/2025-01-23/north-texas-edges-out-austin-for-highest-rents-in-the-state According to data from Zillow, average rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro now outpace those in Austin for the first time since at least 2015. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:57:58 GMT /texas-news/2025-01-23/north-texas-edges-out-austin-for-highest-rents-in-the-state Audrey McGlinchy /texas-news/2024-03-26/feds-accuse-grapevine-housing-authority-of-disability-discrimination The Grapevine Housing Authority and two of its top officials have been accused of violating the Fair Housing Act. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2024-03-26/feds-accuse-grapevine-housing-authority-of-disability-discrimination Christopher Connelly /2018-04-17/examining-the-legacy-of-the-fair-housing-act-50-years-after-it-was-signed-into-law It's been 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law. It's designed to protect people from discrimination as they try to… Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:54:00 GMT /2018-04-17/examining-the-legacy-of-the-fair-housing-act-50-years-after-it-was-signed-into-law Courtney Collins /texas-news/2016-08-28/after-supreme-court-setback-texas-ultimately-wins-fair-housing-lawsuit More than a year ago, civil rights and fair housing activists cheered when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a lawsuit over housing segregation in Texas to… Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:13:01 GMT /texas-news/2016-08-28/after-supreme-court-setback-texas-ultimately-wins-fair-housing-lawsuit Neena Satija Texas Tribune /2015-06-25/in-fair-housing-act-case-supreme-court-backs-disparate-impact-claims The court decided the case 5-4, saying that claims of racial discrimination in housing cases shouldn't be limited by questions of intent. Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:26:00 GMT /2015-06-25/in-fair-housing-act-case-supreme-court-backs-disparate-impact-claims Bill Chappell /government/2015-06-25/in-case-with-dallas-ties-supreme-court-upholds-tool-for-fighting-housing-bias In a case with Dallas ties, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a key enforcement tool used by the Obama administration and civil rights groups to fight… Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:33:23 GMT /government/2015-06-25/in-case-with-dallas-ties-supreme-court-upholds-tool-for-fighting-housing-bias Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom, Associated Press