11-7-2011 Florida:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A judge has ruled that a religious group violated federal law when it evicted families from a Palm Beach County complex to house former inmates.
Civil rights lawyers say Matthew 25 Ministries and property owner Alston Management evicted families so convicted sex offenders could move in. U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas ruled this week that the action violated the federal Fair Housing Act which prohibits discrimination based on familial status.
Pastor Dick Witherow, who leased the complex from Alston Management, told the Palm Beach Post the complex is the only place in the county where sex offenders could live without violating laws that bar them from living near places where children gather.
Former tenants of the one-time migrant worker camp sued. A mediation session is scheduled for Nov. 18. ..Source.. by Florida Wires
November 7, 2011
Group evicted families to house sex offenders
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