The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit alleging an Oklahoma housing authority violated the Fair Housing Act and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when they denied housing to an African-American applicant and her young child because of their race.
The housing authority receives funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Read on for details from the DOJ’s suit and reaction from HUD.
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