The Legal Aid Society Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Housing Voucher Discrimination

The Legal Aid Society, alongside Housing Rights Initiative and Handley Farah & Anderson, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday, March 15, 2021, against 88 landlords and brokers, including the largest independent brokerage in the country, Compass Inc., and other notable firms like Corcoran Group and Century 21, for illegally discriminating against low-income tenants with Housing Choice Vouchers (“Section 8”). Press release and lawsuit complaint available here: https://legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/up...