Public Housing Civil Rights Class Action Filed on Behalf of Tenants in Minneapolis by Their Attorneys Nichols Kaster PLLP, Shoemaker & Shoemaker PLLC, and Larry McDonough

The lawsuit alleges that the City of Minneapolis discriminated on the basis of "public assistance status."

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Sep 08, 2021, 18:25 ET


MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On September 7, 2021, Kimberly Lowry filed a class action challenging the alleged discrimination faced by public housing tenants in Minneapolis due to their housing conditions. The lawsuit alleges that the City of Minneapolis discriminated on the basis of "public assistance status" by failing to provide public housing tenants the inspection, licensing, maintenance, and related services that the City provides to tenants in privately-owned rental dwellings. Minneapolis Public Housing Authority and Community Housing Resources are also named defendants, with the lawsuit alleging that they breached the terms of their leases with tenants by failing to obtain licenses and inspections and respond to maintenance requests. The lawsuit goes on to allege consumer protection and housing law violations against all three defendants.

According to Ms. Lowry's complaint, she has experienced a multitude of dangerous and substandard conditions within her rental home, including sewage backing up into her basement, dirt and water intrusion and flooding, loose asbestos floor tile, and peeling paint.

"Public housing tenants deserve decent, sanitary housing. They deserve housing that complies with the law," said one of Ms. Lowry's attorneys, Anna Prakash of Nichols Kaster, PLLP. "The fundamental health and safety protections the law provides should not be dependent on whether someone receives public assistance."

Ms. Lowry is represented by Anna P. Prakash and Nicole J. Schladt of Nichols Kaster, PLLP; John R. Shoemaker and Paul F. Shoemaker of Shoemaker & Shoemaker, PLLC; and Larry McDonough. The case is Lowry v. City of Minneapolis, et. al, Case No. 27-CV-21-10928, and is filed in Minnesota's Fourth Judicial District Court.

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