June 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to join a lawsuit challenging a Chicago suburb's reparations housing program for Black residents, arguing the race-based benefits violate the Constitution's equal protection clause and the Fair Housing Act and claiming the city has refused to cooperate with an ongoing federal probe into the program.
August 21, 2024
A housing bias suit against an Illinois city, ongoing litigation surrounding the National Association of Realtors and the government's related antitrust probe, and a legal malpractice suit stemming from a foreclosure are among the residential cases real estate attorneys should be tracking during the second half of 2024.
July 23, 2024
The city of Evanston, Illinois, has urged a federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging a 2020 housing reparation program in the city is discriminatory, saying the plaintiffs lack standing since they are not local residents and do not own property in Evanston.