42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. (Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of housing or the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling, because of handicap or familial status)
A.R.S. § 41-1491 et seq. (Arizona Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of housing or the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling, because of disability or familial status)
Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., -- U.S. --, 135 S. Ct. 2507, 192 L. Ed. 2d 514 (2015) (disparate impact claims may be brought under the Fair Housing Act)
City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc., 514 U.S. 725, 115 S. Ct. 1776, 131 L. Ed. 2d 801 (1995) (zoning code definition of "family" does not fit within occupancy exemption of the Fair Housing Act)
Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Dev. Corp., 429 U.S. 252, 97 S. Ct. 555, 50 L. Ed. 2d 450 (1977) (a refusal to rezone, which impacts upon a protected class, may have a statutory remedy under the Fair Housing Act)
Avenue 6E Investments, LLC, v. City of Yuma, 818 F.3d 493 (9th Cir. 2016) (the developer's complaint sufficiently alleges claims of disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act and Equal Protection Clause where developer provided plausible circumstantial evidence that community opposition was motivated in part by racial animus and that the city was fully aware of this when it took the highly unusual step of acceding to the opposition and overruling the recommendation of its zoning commission and planning staff; the availability of similar housing well outside the area of the property sought to be rezoned does not affect the analysis of whether a city's rejection of a zoning request caused a...
