Recent Accomplishments Of The Housing And Civil Enforcement Section

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Recent Accomplishments Of The Housing And Civil Enforcement Section
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must be marketed without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, familial status, or disability. The Village will pay a civil penalty of $15,000 and provide regular reports to the United States regarding the completion of the units. The complaint, which was filed on January 17, 2025, alleges that the defendants—Rockland County and the Village of Spring Valley—breached a March 23, 2018, Voluntary Compliance Agreement (VCA) with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The VCA resolved administrative complaints filed with HUD that alleged a private developer—a subrecipient of HUD grant funding—designed and marketed affordable housing units specifically for use by white Hasidic Jewish homebuyers and excluded prospective black homebuyers. The VCA and a 2021 amendment required the defendants to develop additional affordable housing units and ensure they are marketed to the entire community. The complaint alleged that the defendants had breached the agreement because they had not completed the required units. The case was referred to the Division for enforcement by HUD after notifying the defendants of the breach and giving them an opportunity to respond.
On February 10, 2026, the United States entered into a $68 million settlement agreement in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and United States v. Colony Ridge Development, LLC, et al. (S.D. Tex.). The United States’ complaint, which was filed on December 20, 2023, alleges that Colony Ridge Land, LLC and its affiliates (“Colony Ridge”), a land developer and lender near Houston, TX, intentionally targeted Hispanic borrowers with a predatory land sales and lending scheme that led to a cycle of foreclosures and financial hardship in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) and