Eighth Circuit Affirms Residents’ Victory in Missouri Demolition Case

This NHLP Housing Law Bulletin article is from Sept. 2005. On August 18, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit handed down a victory for civil rights and affordable housing in Charleston Housing Authority v. USDA, 419 F.3d 729 (8th Cir. 2005). The case involved a challenge by residents and Housing Comes First, a Missouri fair housing organization, to the Charleston (Missouri) Housing Authority’s plan to vacate and demolish Charleston Apartments, a 50-unit housing complex financed under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Section 515 affordable rural rental housing program.