Gautreaux lawsuit

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development
gptkb:Chicago_Housing_Authority
gptkbp:filingDate gptkb:United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois
gptkbp:fullName Dorothy Gautreaux, et al. v. Chicago Housing Authority, et al.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gautreaux lawsuit
gptkbp:impact set precedent for housing mobility programs
influenced the creation of the federal Section 8 housing voucher program
gptkbp:legalIssue racial discrimination in public housing
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:notableFor led to the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program
first major public housing desegregation lawsuit in the United States
gptkbp:plaintiff Dorothy Gautreaux
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:activist
public housing policy
urban segregation
gptkbp:result court-ordered desegregation remedies
court found CHA and HUD guilty of racial discrimination
gptkbp:yearFiled 1966
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Plan_for_Transformation_(2000)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7