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Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

This case was initiated in 2008 when the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP), a non-profit group, sued the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) in relation to a federal tax credit program used by states and local governments to build affordable housing. ICP claimed that the TDHCA perpetuated segregation in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by granting too many tax credits to new housing developments in predominantly black inner city areas and too few in primarily white suburban neighborhoods.

Hillary Clinton aides' Wall Street links raise economic policy doubts

Tom Nides and Robert Hormats, once of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, are veterans of the revolving door between Washington and the financial sector.

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ESCR-Net Director publishes article analyzing the ongoing struggle for the right to water in Detroit

ESCR-Net Members have supported the ongoing struggle of Detroit communities to resist the denial of water and sanitation to over 30,000 households. In conversation with the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO), the Strategic Litigation Working Group submitted an...

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Strategic Litigation

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Nov

2015

Tapping into the Human Right to Water: Affordability, Quality and Accessibility

November 5-6, 2015. Northeastern University School of Law. Boston, MA

Each fall, the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at...

ESCR-Net releases report of six cases of corporate capture

ESCR-Net have developed a Scoping Report highlighting six cases of corporate capture in different industries and across different regions. The Scoping Report is a preliminary...

Jun

2015

Symposium on Violence, Health, and Sexual and Reproductive Rights

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The numerous forms of violence that are exercised against women pose an obstacle to their individual development, violate their rights and limit their freedoms. Violence against women blocks the

ESCR-Net engages in international meetings on human rights to water, sanitation and housing in Detroit

ESCR-Net participated in strategy meetings in Detroit, Michigan, related to the ongoing denial of human rights to water, sanitation and housing to thousands of residents in the former industrial capital of the USA. The gathering was coordinated by those at the front of the grassroots struggle...