Attorney General v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that legitimate business reasons would preclude liability
• reasoning helping low-income families obtain decent housing, not voluntary landlord participation, is at the heart of the federal scheme
• state law banning housing discrimination on the basis of housing subsidies, including rental assistance, making the acceptance of section 8 vouchers essentially mandatory, not preempted by Sec. 1437f
• state law banning housing discrimination on the basis of housing subsidies, including rental assistance, making the acceptance of section 8 vouchers essentially mandatory, not preempted by § 1437f
• “Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 established a program ‘for the purpose of aiding lower-income families in obtaining a decent place to live and of promoting economically mixed housing.’ 42 U.S.C. § 1437f[a] [1982]”
• Massachusetts statute mandating landlord’s participation in federally funded Section 8 housing rental program not preempted by Federal statute providing for voluntary participation, where both statutes share common goal of affordable low-income housing

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