DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 888

Citation
Section 888
Parent Document
Open Cmtys. Alliance v. Carson, 286 F. Supp. 3d 148 (2017)
Effective Date
2017-12-23
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https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7328080/open-cmtys-alliance-v-carson/ ↗

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Finally, Plaintiff OCA has demonstrated a risk of irreparable injury sufficient to warrant a preliminary injunction. An organization, to show irreparable harm, must show first that "the 'actions taken by the defendant have perceptibly impaired the organization's programs." League of Women Voters , 838 F.3d at 8 (quoting Fair Emp't Council of Greater Wash., Inc. v. BMC Mktg. Corp. , 28 F.3d 1268, 1276 (D.C. Cir. 1994) ). "If so, the organization must then also show that the defendant's actions 'directly conflict with the organization's mission." Id. (quoting Nat'l Treasury Emps. Union v. United States , 101 F.3d 1423, 1430 (D.C. Cir. 1996) ). "[O]bstacles [that] unquestionably make it more difficult for [an organization] to accomplish [its] primary mission ... provide injury for purposes [of] ... irreparable harm." Id. at 9. OCA works "to promote access to opportunity," including educational, employment, and housing opportunity, "for all people, and specifically to address the disproportionate isolation from opportunity experienced by Blacks and Latinos in Connecticut due to residential segregation." Pls.' Mot., Attach. 5, Decl. of Erin Boggs, Exec. Dir., OCA ("OCA Decl.") ¶ 2, ECF No. 15-5. "OCA's central focus in this work is leveraging affordable and subsidized housing programs to enable low-income families to access housing outside of areas with concentrated poverty and segregation." Id. Much of this work involves enabling families who receive housing vouchers to move to higher-opportunity areas and addressing the concentration of voucher holders *178(who, in the Hartford area, primarily are nonwhite) in high-poverty, segregated areas. Id. ¶¶ 4-9. For example, OCA works to improve housing mobility programs for voucher users and to increase the supply of rental housing suitable for voucher holders in high-opportunity neighborhoods. Id.