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Advocacy group lacks standing to enforce anti-discrimination law

Advocacy group lacks standing to enforce anti-discrimination law

Advocacy group lacks standing to enforce anti-discrimination law

A disability rights advocacy group lacks standing to seek to enforce alleged accessibility violations of the Fair Housing Amendments Act, a federal District Court in Utah has recently ruled. It has dismissed a case brought by the Disability Law Center in Salt Lake City against the developers of two residential buildings on the ground that the Center has no standing to sue on its own. The Disability Law Center is a private nonprofit organization designated by the Governor as the state’s “Protection and Advocacy Agency.” As part of its work, it uses “testers” to pose as renters to determine whether illegal housing discrimination is taking place. In this case, it claimed that common areas,...

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