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hrmjustin

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 02:03 PM Jun 2014

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.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2014/06/09/naacp-fears-housing-bias-can-spread-spring-valley/10255113/

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