Update 1: Suburban NYC Legal Settlement May Signal New HUD Emphasis on CDBG Fair Housing Efforts.

Update 1: CBS Evening News story HERE includes video.

WSJ stories HERE and HERE.
Excerpt:

Westchester County, a mostly affluent suburb outside New York City, agreed Monday to build hundreds of affordable housing units in heavily white communities, part of a settlement that could challenge other U.S. counties to expand housing for minorities.

The settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ended a $180 million federal lawsuit brought by the Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, a nonprofit housing group in New York, over Westchester's responsibility to enforce fair-housing laws.

Westchester, which runs along New York City's northern boundary, will spend more than $50 million over the next seven years to build or acquire 750 homes, including at least 630 in cities with few minorities.

Federal housing officials portrayed the settlement as a warning sign they would step up enforcement on communities that accept federal money for housing redevelopment.

HUD press release HERE.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.