Jewish Housing Association Beats Discrimination Challenge

A housing association set up to house Orthodox Jews has again seen a discrimination claim against it dismissed in court. The legal battle between north London-based Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA) and two non-Jewish families has been going on for almost a year. The families argue that Hackney Council should not have a nominations agreement with AIHA because its policy only to house Orthodox Jews is “discriminatory”. It was argued in the High Court that Orthodox Jews do not face any disadvantages that are not faced by other applicants for social housing in the borough but were being allowed to “jump the queue”. Read more on Inside Housing.

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