Ellis v. City of Minneapolis

Plaintiffs filed suit challenging the City's heightened enforcement of housing and rental standards, arguing that there was a disparate impact on the availability of housing for individuals protected under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3604(a). The Eighth Circuit held that plaintiffs failed to plead a prima facie case of disparate impact under the FHA. In this case, pursuant to Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 135 S.Ct. 2507 (2015), plaintiff failed to, at the very least, point to an artificial, arbitrary, and unnecessary policy causing the problematic disparity. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's grant of the City's motion for judgment on the pleadings. View "Ellis v. City of Minneapolis" on Justia Law