Fair Housing

The Port Arthur Community Action Network et al. sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, et al. in federal court, claiming they discriminated against poor, minority renters by letting only property owners apply for <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Fair-Housing.pdf"><strong>$5.6 billion</strong></a> in HUD recovery money after Hurricane Harvey.

HOUSTON — The Port Arthur Community Action Network claims in a federal complaint that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and others discriminated against poor, minority renters by letting only property owners apply for $5.6 billion in HUD recovery money after Hurricane Harvey.

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