FEDERAL COURT DENIES PROPERTY COMPANY’S MOTION TO DISMISS IN HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE

NEW JERSEY — A federal court has denied a motion to dismiss filed by two defendants in a housing discrimination lawsuit challenging their policy of refusing to rent to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants based solely on immigration status.  One of the three defendants, Inverness Apartments, LLC, was dismissed with the possibility of being renamed if evidence shows it is complicit in the discrimination by the other defendants.

JUDGE GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATORY-LENDING LAWSUIT

LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement between Kinecta Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who were denied full consideration for credit because of their immigration status.