Article: Limits on group home locations overturned Judge says state law discriminates against disabled adults

Article: Group homes dispute moves to U.S. court Lawsuit ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 26, 1996 ;     561 words ... ... lawsuit asks the federal court to find that a state law prohibiting group homes from being opened within 2,500 feet of ... and Greenfield officials have cited the state law recently in prohibiting group homes from opening in those communities. Ray ...

Article: State law discriminates against people with ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 20, 1998 ;     601 words ...A state law giving communities the power to close group homes for people with ... residents." The state law prescribing the process for closing group homes allows hearings ... judgment that the state law is invalid.

Article: JENNINGS ASKS FAIRNESS FOR CITIES ALBANY MAYOR SAYS SUBURBS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... be written into either state law or policy. His idea ... noting that while some group homes can function by bringing ... raised the idea of a state law that would limit the ... estimates that it has 55 group homes, compared with 32 in ...

Article: State law preempted ordinance limiting foster-home ...
Land Use Law Report;  January 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled state law preempted a city ordinance prohibiting ... required to register as sex offenders under state law. The Ibarras were unable to find housing ... authorized by the state constitution or state law. Where both local and statewide concerns ...

Article: Ruling gives group homes welcome boost
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 10, 1998 ;     565 words ... ... Judge Thomas Curran. State law permitting localities to bar group homes for the developmentally ... Disabilities Act. Under older state law, a group home could open ... under the invalidated state law, group homes serving the developmentally ...

Article: MORE GROUP HOMES TO OPEN
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 600. But the county has fewer group homes for such adults than some smaller ... albeit only by a fraction. The group homes -- in existing single-family ... Avenue in the borough. But under state law group homes have a right to open in any residential ...

Article: SMALL GROUP HOMES ALLOWED IN NEW GURNEE ZONING ...
News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  April 6, 2000 ;     597 words ... ... voted unanimously this week to allow for small group homes in the village's zoning ordinance. Under the ... regulating housing for people with disabilities. Under state law, small group homes must maintain a distance of two city blocks from ...