Lawyer - News

The mortgage crisis has spawned a class action by African-Americans in a San Francisco suburb, alleging that the city of Antioch, Calif., has tried to force out minorities who rent homes using federally subsidized housing vouchers. The lawsuit alleges that, as the foreclosure crisis prompted homeowners to rent, instead of trying to sell, the city began subjecting minority renters to warrantless searches of their homes and local police threatened landlords who continued to accept the housing vouchers.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm and is filed under Lawyer - News.