Open Cmtys. Alliance v. Carson, 286 F. Supp. 3d 148 (2017)

Citation: Open Cmtys. Alliance v. Carson, 286 F. Supp. 3d 148 (2017)
Parent Document: Open Cmtys. Alliance v. Carson, 286 F. Supp. 3d 148 (2017)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2017-12-23
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7328080/open-cmtys-alliance-v-carson/ ↗

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The plaintiffs are two African-American women living in metropolitan areas the Rule would affect, as well as Open Communities Alliance ("OCA"), a nonprofit organization devoted to providing social and economic opportunities for low-income people. Compl. ¶¶ 18-20, ECF No. 1. Plaintiff Crystal Carter is a voucher holder who would like to move from Hartford, Connecticut, to nearby Simsbury, Connecticut, to be near her children's schools and to provide her family a safer home and better opportunities. Carter Decl. ¶¶ 6-7. Hartford's voucher holders, who are disproportionately nonwhite, are concentrated in poor, racially segregated neighborhoods. Pls.' Mot., Attach. 6, Decl. of Will Fischer, Sr. Pol'y Analyst, Ctr. on Budget & Pol'y Priorities ("CBPP Decl.") ¶ 11, ECF No. 15-6. As of 2016, 41 percent of voucher holders in the greater Hartford metropolitan area lived in high-poverty neighborhoods, while only 18 percent of voucher holders in the area lived in low-poverty neighborhoods. Id. Ms. Carter cannot move her family to Simsbury, however, as the metropolitan area FMR is too low for her to participate in Simsbury's rental market. Carter Decl. ¶ 7. She asserts that she would be able to afford Simsbury rents if the Rule were implemented and claims that HUD's delay of the Rule's implementation thus harms her directly. Id.

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