Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Mdwid, 17 F.4th 950 (2021)

Citation: Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Mdwid, 17 F.4th 950 (2021)
Parent Document: Southwest Fair Housing Council v. Mdwid, 17 F.4th 950 (2021)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2021-11-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5296996/southwest-fair-housing-council-v-mdwid/ ↗

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The federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) bars
discriminatory housing policies and practices, including
those that cause a disparate impact according to certain
protected characteristics or traits—race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status, or national origin. But, absent
evidence of intentional discrimination or equally effective
and less discriminatory alternatives, the existence of a
statistical disparity in a policy’s effect on persons with
certain protected characteristics, as compared to the wider
population, does not authorize courts to invalidate policies
that a defendant is able to show serve legitimate
governmental or business interests in a significant way. We
6   SW. FAIR HOUSING V. MARICOPA DOMESTIC WATER

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