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Judge rules NFHA lacks standing in suit over alleged housing bias

Allegations claimed Bank of America worsened segregation

Court cited Supreme Court precedent on legal standing

Claims for injunctive relief under Fair Housing Act remain

The National Fair Housing Alliance doesn’t have standing to sue Bank of America over its alleged discriminatory housing practices, a Maryland judge ruled Monday.

The ruling was a significant win for the bank in a 7-year-old lawsuit in which the NFHA and other fair-housing groups alleged Bank of America had worsened racial segregation by failing to maintain bank-owned homes in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods.

The parties have gone through multiple rounds of discovery, but a U.S. Supreme Court opinion last year prompted Bank

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