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COMPLAINT
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
CITY DEFENDANTS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS CONSTRUCTION JHA JACKSONVILLE UNITED STATES REPLACEMENT BLODGETT REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN FAIR HOUSING FLORIDA HOUSING AUTHORITY FAIR HOUSING ACT DISCRIMINATORY MIDDLE DISTRICT AMERICA SEQ PUBLIC OPPOSITION RESPONSE WESTSIDE SITE VIOLATION CIVIL ATTORNEY ORDINANCE URBAN BUILT PRIVATE |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
Civil Action No. 3:0 0-CV 1165-J-25A
JACKSONVILLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY and CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE,
Defendants.
______________________________
COMPLAINT
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT
1. This action is brought by the United States of America to enforce
the provisions of the Fair Housing Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
3601 et seq.
2. This Court has jurisdiction over this action under 28 U.S.C.
1345 and 42 U.S.C. § 3614.
3. Defendant Jacksonville Housing Authority ("JHA") is a public
housing authority established by the City of Jacksonville in 1995
pursuant to a local ordinance enacted in 1994. JHA operates within
the City of Jacksonville's corporate limits in Duval County,
Florida, which is located within the Middle District of Florida.
4. Defendant City of Jacksonville ("City") is a municipality of the
State of Florida, located within the Middle District of Florida.
Between 1970 and 1995, the City Council functioned as the public
housing authority for the City, with the day-to-day operations
being run first by the City's Department of Housing and Urban
Renewal and then by the City's Department of Housing and Urban
Development (JHUD).
5. The public housing units owned and operated first by the City and
then by the JHA are dwellings within the meaning of the Fair
Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3602(b). These dwellings were dejure
racially segregated at least until the late 1960s.
6. In 1981, the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) withdrew federal funds from the City because of
the City's refusal to build public housing units in predominantly
white neighborhoods. After 1981 and until 1988, the City did not
build any public housing.
7. In 1988, the City decided to demolish an aging 654-unit public
housing development called Blodgett Homes, and to build new public
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CONSENT ORDER
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANTS UNITED STATES JACKSONVILLE CITY DECREE COURT DUVAL COUNTY JACKSONVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY PURSUANT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS FAIR HOUSING JHA PLAN TRAINING SESSION CONSENT DECREE FAIR HOUSING ACT PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS HUD CENSUS TRACTS RENTAL UNITS COMPLIANCE PLAN DISCRIMINATION MOBILITY COUNSELING PROGRAM GENERAL COUNSEL NORTHWEST JACKSONVILLE PROVISIONS UNITED STATES DISTRICT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INDEPENDENT MONITOR |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
Civil Action No. 3:0 0-CV 1165-J-25A
JACKSONVILLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY and CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE,
Defendants.
______________________________
CONSENT ORDER
INTRODUCTION
The United States initiated this action on October 17, 2000, pursuant
to Section 814 of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3614. The United
States alleges that the defendants have engaged in a pattern and
practice of discrimination on the basis of race by constructing public
housing solely in predominantly black neighborhoods and by refusing to
construct public housing in predominantly white neighborhoods in Duval
County, Florida.
Defendant Jacksonville Housing Authority ("JHA") is a public housing
authority established by the City of Jacksonville in 1995. Defendant
City of Jacksonville ("City" is a municipality of the State of
Florida. Between 1970 and 1995, the City Council functioned as the
public housing authority for the City, with the day-to-day operations
being run first by the City's Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
and then by the City's Department of Housing and Urban Development
(JHUD).
The United States acknowledges that:
1. Since its first Board meeting as an independent authority in
January 1995, the JHA has earned thirteen Best Practices awards
and a score of 94.5% for management efficiency from the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
2. From June, 1993 to the present, the JHA has improved the physical
condition of its public housing by renovating 1325 existing public
housing units. In addition, in 1999 the JHA completed construction
of the Oaks at Durkeeville redevelopment project which includes
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