The Nation - News from July 24, 1987
The Justice Department filed a civil rights discrimination suit against a housing complex on Chicago’s North Side that uses racial quotas to ensure an integrated population. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges that Atrium Village discriminates “against persons on the basis of race, color and national origin with respect to the rental of dwellings.” Atrium Village uses the quotas to maintain a ratio of about half black and half white tenants, lawyers for the complex said.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
