CHERRY HILL, NJ—New rules aimed at ensuring that federally funded disaster recovery efforts protect the rights of minority communities are getting their first test in the response to Louisiana's current catastrophic flooding—and the guidelines build directly from a landmark 2014 federal civil rights settlement in New Jersey.
That settlement, which the Cherry Hill, NJ-based Fair Share Housing Center, the New Jersey NAACP and the Latino Action Network signed with the State of New Jersey in 2014, fixed serious problems with the Christie administration's Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, the Fair Share Housing Center says.
Those shortcomings threatened to leave thousands of low-income and minority families behind in the rebuilding process.
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