Long Island Community Blocked from Enforcing Ban on Multiple Occupancy of Rental House
A judge on this day blocked the Long Island, New York, community of Belle Terre from enforcing a ban on multiple occupancy in single family dwellings.
The case, brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), involved a group of six students at nearby SUNY Stony Brook University.
The battle over housing on Long Island went on for years. On August 31, 1975, it was reported that several Long Island communities had passed ordinances limiting the number of people who could live in one dwelling.
Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act on April 11, 1968. The Supreme Court affirmed and strengthened the 1968 Fair Housing Act in a crucial decision on June 25, 2015.
Learn more: John Yinger, Closed Doors, Opportunities Lost: The Continuing Costs of Housing Discrimination (1995)
Learn about housing discrimination at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights:
http://www.civilrights.org/fairhousing/laws/housing-discrimination.html