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DOJ touts first-of-its-kind settlement in racial discrimination case
targeting 'crime-free housing' policy

   The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed what it is describing as a
   first-of-its-kind settlement in a racial discrimination case
   challenging a so-called "crime-free housing ordinance."
   Posted 9:29 p.m. Dec 14 -- Updated 9:29 p.m. Dec 14
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   CNN -- The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed what it is
   describing as a first-of-its-kind settlement in a racial discrimination
   case challenging a so-called "crime-free housing ordinance."

   The proposed consent decree was filed Wednesday in a lawsuit the
   Justice Department brought in 2019 against the central California city
   of Hesperia, alleging that the city's ordinance violated the Fair
   Housing Act's prohibitions on racial discrimination in housing access.

   Hesperia continues to deny the allegations.