McCardell v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Hurricane Ike made landfall over Galveston Island in September 2008 and wrought widespread devastation on the region. Among the ruins were 569 public housing units comprising four sites located in impoverished areas of Galveston County. This case centers on a plan to replace those units in part by redeveloping on two of the sites destroyed by Ike. We address questions concerning the scope of standing to sue under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, whether Congress intended by that Act to abrogate States’ sovereign immunity, and whether Appellees can avail…