National Fair Housing Alliance v. Travelers Indemnity Company

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge

This case raises an. oft-litigated Fair Housing Act claim: whether an insurer’s facially-neutral policy has a disparate impact on the availability of housing for members of a protected class. The twist, however, is that it follows shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2507, 192 L.Ed.2d 514 (2015) (Inclusive Communities), and thus requires this Court to consider how that case changed the pleading standards for…