HBA instituted federal claims against a municipality for violations of the Fair Housing Act and American with Disabilities Act in connection with the municipality’s delay in approving a site plan for an as-of-right 408-unit senior congregate housing community proposed by HBA’s client. After HBA successfully opposed defendant’s motion to stay the federal case under various abstention doctrines, HBA aggressively pursued depositions and other discovery. As a result, the municipality agreed to settle the case by granting site plan approval for the proposed project and agreeing to purchase an adjoining parcel of property owned by HBA’s client for over $12 million.
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