NAACP fears Spring Valley housing bias could spread
Lohud
SPRING VALLEY Though more than a year has passed since they filed a complaint on alleged exclusionary housing built under the village's urban renewal plan, local NAACP leaders has gotten no answers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Meanwhile, a developer who was originally involved in the housing project in question Park View Condominiums at Main Street and Maple Avenue has proposed building 124 affordable rental units at the Sen. Eugene Levy Municipal Plaza, to be called Levy Towers.
In April 2013, the NAACP filed a federal complaint alleging that the Park View Condominiums discriminated against black people by selectively marketing and selling units to Orthodox Jews.
NAACP leaders said the developer was required to provide a marketing plan to the village to ensure that the property, which was partly funded with more than $66,000 in federal dollars, was fairly advertised.
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