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Officials in a New Jersey township have voted to approve a settlement in a controversial fair housing case, only weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court was due to hear arguments in the case, according to news reports.
At issue is whether the Fair Housing Act (FHA) bans discrimination based on disparate impact—that is, practices that have a discriminatory effect on protected classes, even if there’s no intent to discriminate.