In March of 2021 Somi Ekwealor, who is Black, and Jenna Ekwealor, who is multi-ethnic white and Latina, say their homeowners association, Charter Pointe, accused them of violating an association rule because they hung a Black Lives Matter flag by their front door. The Ekwealors allege that no such rule..Read More
Category: Fair Housing in Idaho
May, 2023, Arbor Village Decision by Boise City Council
Arbor Village, a Boise assisted living facility, applied to convert the home of about 90 elderly residents into 77 apartments. Doing so requires a conditional use permit, which is subject to approval before the city. Despite its application, the company sent mixed messages about its plans to residents, telling some..Read More
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May, 2023, Arbor Village Decision by Boise City Council
March 25, 2022, Idaho Senate Bill 1240
In early 2022, the Idaho State Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 1240 which enjoyed wide support from both parties and had 21 cosponsors. The bill gave homeowners the ability to modify and remove race-based restrictive covenants. The bill also bans future discriminatory covenants on homes to prohibit discrimination. The bill..Read More
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March 25, 2022, Idaho Senate Bill 1240
April 5, 2019, Diamond House v. City of Ammon
IFHC filed a claim on behalf of Diamond House that the City of Ammon, idaho had facially discriminatory zoning ordinances that prohibited group foster homes from certain residential Zones of the City but allowed group elder homes in those same zones. IFHC represented the Complainant in their federal court claim..Read More
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April 5, 2019, Diamond House v. City of Ammon
2012 to 2018, Idaho’s Protections: Discrimination Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Since 2012, Idaho has 14 cities and 2 counties that have enacted ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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2012 to 2018, Idaho’s Protections: Discrimination Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
April 26, 2017, Hate Crime in Nampa
U.S. v. Kelly Schneider (2017). A Nampa, Idaho man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to violently assaulting Steven Nelson because he was gay, resulting in Mr. Nelson’s death. He was convicted of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Schneider also pleaded guilty in..Read More
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April 26, 2017, Hate Crime in Nampa
August 2011, Return of the Boise Valley People
Tribes met in Boise, Idaho, their traditional territories to share and practice their traditions. Now an annual event, it has grown into two locations. With the goal of fundraising to create a cultural center to share the importance of remembering Indigenous ancestors. For the People of the Boise Valley it..Read More
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August 2011, Return of the Boise Valley People
July 20, 2011, Service Animal Deposits
Intermountain Fair Housing Council v. CVE Falls Park, L.L.C, 2:10-CV-00346-BLW (D. Idaho July 20, 2011); Court held that a housing provider that imposes a deposit on a service animal is in violation of the FHA.
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July 20, 2011, Service Animal Deposits
2011, Community House
Community House, Inc. v. City of Boise, (2011) the City of Boise was ordered to pay $1 million to Community House, a shelter/housing provider when the City violated the State constitution and the Fair Housing Act. The City gave a deal to a religious organization to lease and then own..Read More
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2011, Community House
2010, Add The Words
The Civil Rights Group Add The Words begins advocating to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho’s human rights act. As of 2024, the Idaho State Legislature has failed to do so.
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2010, Add The Words
2009, Fair Housing Prevails in Idaho
Alamar Ranch v. Boise County. Alamar Ranch sued Boise County alleging three separate violations of the Fair Housing Act: (1) failure to grant a reasonable accommodation for the construction of housing for persons with disabilities, (2) adverse treatment of persons with disabilities and (3) intentional interference with the construction of..Read More
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2009, Fair Housing Prevails in Idaho
2009, Defunding of the Idaho Women’s Commission
The Idaho legislature defunded the Idaho Women’s Commission.
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2009, Defunding of the Idaho Women’s Commission
September, 2003, Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho Opens
The Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho (HCCI), incorporated in May of 1977 functioned as a center without walls until September of 2003 when they opened a 33,000 square foot cultural center in Nampa.
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September, 2003, Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho Opens
September 2000, Judgement Against the Aryan Nation
The Southern Poverty Law Center won a $6.3 million judgement against the Aryan Nations from an Idaho jury who awarded punitive and compensatory damages to a woman and her son who were attacked by Aryan Nations guards. The lawsuit stemmed from the July 1998 attack when security guards at the..Read More
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September 2000, Judgement Against the Aryan Nation
June 18, 2001, Management of Lake Coeur d’Alene
Supreme Court decision of Idaho v. United States (533 U.S. 262), which resulted in the transfer of the management of the lower third of Lake Coeur d’Alene from the state of Idaho to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe illustrates the strength of the Coeur d’Alene Tribal sovereignty.
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June 18, 2001, Management of Lake Coeur d’Alene
1996, Turning Point, Inc v. Caldwell
Shelter providers for persons who are homeless argued that Caldwell set the occupancy limitation so low that it failed to make reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.
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1996, Turning Point, Inc v. Caldwell
March 4, 1994, Occupancy Standards and Family Size
Calderon v. Ed Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Tilley, Administrator of Farm Home Administration, and the Wilder Housing Authority.
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March 4, 1994, Occupancy Standards and Family Size
1994 to Present, Intermountain Fair Housing Council
Since 1994 IFHC has filed more than 168 design and construction complaints, likely the main factor in motivating the Idaho legislature to incorporate the International Building Code requirements into the statewide building code to ensure that new covered multi-family housing complies with the FHA’s design and construction requirements
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1994 to Present, Intermountain Fair Housing Council
1987, Fair Housing Act Protects Against Racist Threats
United States v. Keith Gilbert (Gilbert 1, 1987; Gilbert II, 1989). In 1980, Keith Gilbert, an avowed white supremacist, sent racially derogatory and “threatening” correspondence to Susan Smith, a White woman who operated an adoption agency that was trying to place minority children. After remand, Gilbert was convicted at trial…Read More
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1987, Fair Housing Act Protects Against Racist Threats
The Treaties of 1863 and 1868
Before European explorers arrived in current day Idaho, over 8,000 indigenous people inhabited Idaho including the Great Basin Shoshone and Bannock tribes of the Shoshone-Bannock, the Shoshone Paiute and the Plateau tribes of the Coeur d’Alene, Nimiipuu/Nez Perce and Kootenai and indigenous people from what is now known as Mexico…Read More
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The Treaties of 1863 and 1868
May, 1977, Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho
The Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho (HCCI) was incorporated in May of 1977 and received its 501(c) (3) non-profit status in 1998.
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May, 1977, Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho
1975, Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program
Idaho entered the refugee resettlement arena in 1975 when Governor John Evans established the Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program in response to the need for all states to participate in the resettlement of refugees fleeing the overthrow of U.S. supported governments in Southeast Asia.
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1975, Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program
1972, Equal Rights Amendment
In 1972 Idaho became the first state in the nation to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. An amendment to the United States Constitution first proposed in 1972 to give equal rights to women and men. The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to..Read More
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1972, Equal Rights Amendment
April 7, 1969, Idaho Human Rights Act
Republican Gov. Don Samuelson’s advisers drafted a bill that granted the proposed commission only investigative and advisory powers in areas of employment opportunities, housing, education and public accommodations. In essence, this served to create a commission to oversee the provisions outlined in the earlier 1961 Anti-discrimination Act. And, like that..Read More