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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However, the district court here incorrectly limited its
analysis to those adversely affected by the policy, i.e., public
housing residents only. The district court held that
Appellants failed to demonstrate that the protected-group-
member        residents   of     Edwards      Circle       were
disproportionately affected by the policy by undertaking an
analysis in which the court compared them not to unaffected
(non-public housing) District customers, but only to the non-
protected-group members of Edwards Circle. The court
concluded that, of those affected by the policy, “[e]verybody
is treated the same, and experiences the same outcome,
regardless of membership in a protected group.” That
comparison ignores a critical element of the District’s
Security Deposit Policy: that, to begin with, it applied only

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