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Last October, the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC), a New York City-based nonprofit civil rights organization, filed a lawsuit against an apartment building owner for allegedly defying housing discrimination laws. The owner, through its employees, allegedly lied to African Americans about the availability and rental rates in at least one Brooklyn apartment, turned back applicants with public rent assistance elsewhere, and made children undergo unnecessary lead tests.
