Deal reched in largest housing discrimination case.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has settled a 1980 lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. brought by three African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. aimed at integrating public housing in East Texas. The settlement, which affects an estimated 10,000 low-income families, brings an end to what was considered the largest housing discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history. A federal judge found HUD Hud (h

d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. had maintained a system of segregated housing in 36 counties and ordered the 176 public housing sites throughout the region desegregated so that no more than 75% of their residents are of one race. Federal court oversight

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of HUD's operations in East Texas will end when the agency creates an additional 1,500 integrated housing units in the region.

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Title Annotation:	Newspoints; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Author:	Brown, Carolyn M.
Publication:	Black Enterprise
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U7TX
Date:	Jun 1, 2004
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