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ACLU of Southern California Challenges Developer Trying to Evade City Rules (06/06/2007)
LOS ANGELES — With L. A. in a housing crisis, a downtown developer sued the city in February to evade its affordable-housing rules. Today groups filed papers in L.A. Superior Court to prevent G.H. Palmer Associates from shutting downtown’s doors to low- and middle-income Angelenos.

ACLU of Hawaii Files Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of Peaceful Protesters (08/08/2006)
HONOLULU -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of advocates for the homeless who were arrested while peacefully protesting at Honolulu City Hall.

ACLU of Southern California Wins Historic Victory in Homeless Rights Case (04/14/2006)
LOS ANGELES -- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a historic decision today in a case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the National Lawyers Guild seeking an end to the criminalization of people who sleep on the streets when no shelter is available.

ACLU of Florida Challenges Brevard County's Denial of Federal Energy Conservation Funding to Former Felons (01/26/2006)
MIAMI - Brevard County violated federal law by preventing a low-income resident from participating in an energy conservation program solely because he had a prior felony conviction, charged the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida in a lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court in Orlando.

Compelling ACLU Report Exposes Deeply Compromised Lead Testing of Vulnerable Children in New Jersey (10/25/2005)
IRVINGTON, NJ - Thousands of New Jersey children are at risk of lead poisoning, according to a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Association for Children of New Jersey and a coalition of advocates, and blame for the tragic state of affairs rests solidly with the lack of leadership exhibited by the state government. Yet a groundbreaking pilot study shows that there are things that can be done to increase testing and treatment.

ACLU Decries Latest Blow to Equal Opportunity Programs; HUD Rule Change Would Discard Key Hiring Protections (03/07/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today decried an obscure proposed policy change at the Department of Housing and Urban Development that would strip key equal opportunity protections from a $4 billion federal community development program.

ACLU of WA Challenges Zoning Ordinance that Bars Community Services for Low-Income People (01/15/2003)
PASCO, WA-- The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington today filed a lawsuit on behalf of a local nonprofit agency challenging a city zoning ordinance that prohibits community services for low-income residents from operating in the downtown area.

NYCLU Urges City Agency to Reject First-Ever Fingerprint Plan for Subsidized Housing Tenants (11/04/2002)
NEW YORK--In a letter sent today to the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the New York Civil Liberties Union urged the agency to reject a proposal to impose a fingerprint identification system for tenants at a subsidized housing complex.

ACLU Highlights Steps Needed to Ensure Fair Housing Practices (06/25/2002)
WASHINGTON - Testifying before a joint meeting of two House subcommittees, the American Civil Liberties Union today highlighted a number of concrete steps that it says the Department of Housing and Urban Development should take to reestablish its leadership in promoting fair housing practices and combating urban segregation. 

ACLU Urges Congress to Prevent Unfair Eviction of Innocent Tenants, Domestic Violence Victims (06/18/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged support in Congress for legislation to protect innocent tenants - including victims of domestic violence - from being unfairly evicted under a misguided policy that revokes eligibility for public housing tenants because of the wrongdoing of others.

Connecticut Supreme Court Puts Teeth Back into State's Affordable Housing Law (07/09/2001)
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union today hailed a unanimous State Supreme Court decision that restores the state's affordable housing law to its original intent and strength and clarifies the role of judges who review local denials of proposals to develop affordable housing. 

ACLU Wins Appeal in Public Housing Desegregation Suit (07/14/2000)
BALTIMORE, MD -- In a major victory for Baltimore City public housing residents, a federal appeals court this week put a stop to the city's 60-year pattern of building public housing in only poor, minority areas of Baltimore.