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California Civil Rights Department Opens Investigation Into Riverside Over Rejected Quality Inn Project
The state civil rights agency initiated action based on complaint filed by advocates. “In an environment where we have seen attacks on historically excluded communities of all types, we are pleased that the California Civil Rights Department is investigating the city’s actions," said Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson of The Public Interest Law Project.
Learn MoreAdvocates File Complaint Against Riverside Over Rejection of State Funding for Quality Inn Project
“Councilmembers opposed to this project repeatedly framed the proposed supportive housing project as inherently criminal, dangerous, and incompatible with the community – not based on objective evidence but based on generalizations about the people who would reside in the development,” said Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson, PILP Staff Attorney. “Statements that equate homelessness and behavioral health disability with criminality and violence reflect the type of stigmatizing stereotypes that cannot lawfully form the basis for this decision.”
Learn MoreCoronado Tenants File Suit Against Corporate Landlords and City for Violating State Law and Displacing Residents
“When the building owners accepted public funding to rehabilitate their private property, they entered into a contract with the City to keep the housing affordable and follow the laws of the state. Both the City and the owners have fallen short in their duties here,” said Melody Osuna, Staff Attorney for the Public Interest Law Project.
Learn MoreCalifornia Civil Rights Department Opens Investigation Into Riverside Over Rejected Quality Inn Project
The state civil rights agency initiated action based on complaint filed by advocates. “In an environment where we have seen attacks on historically excluded communities of all types, we are pleased that the California Civil Rights Department is investigating the city’s actions," said Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson of The Public Interest Law Project.
Learn MoreAdvocates File Complaint Against Riverside Over Rejection of State Funding for Quality Inn Project
“Councilmembers opposed to this project repeatedly framed the proposed supportive housing project as inherently criminal, dangerous, and incompatible with the community – not based on objective evidence but based on generalizations about the people who would reside in the development,” said Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson, PILP Staff Attorney. “Statements that equate homelessness and behavioral health disability with criminality and violence reflect the type of stigmatizing stereotypes that cannot lawfully form the basis for this decision.”
Learn MoreCoronado Tenants File Suit Against Corporate Landlords and City for Violating State Law and Displacing Residents
“When the building owners accepted public funding to rehabilitate their private property, they entered into a contract with the City to keep the housing affordable and follow the laws of the state. Both the City and the owners have fallen short in their duties here,” said Melody Osuna, Staff Attorney for the Public Interest Law Project.
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