Gautreaux vs. Chicago Housing Authority class action lawsuit that alleged public housing was serving de facto govt. segregation. -gave $ to families to help buy homes in suburbs. as a result, happier, healthier, children had higher test scores.
About case :
The case began in 1966, when Dorothy Gautreaux and others filed a class action claiming that the Chicago Housing Authority (“CHA”) had intentionally perpetuated racial segregation both in its tenant assignment practices and in its siting policies. In 1969, the district court found for the plaintiff class, Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Auth.,
Who is Dorothy Gautreaux?
Dorothy Gautreaux was a community and civil rights activist who lived in public housing on Chicago's South Side, and fought against their unjust policies. Under the guidance of ACLU lawyers, Gautreaux and 3 other residents sued the Chicago Housing Authority in the nation's first public housing desegregation lawsuit.
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