Texas Housing Case Tests Civil-Rights Doctrine.

The article discusses a legal case in Texas that will challenge the doctrine of disparate impact. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether the state's policies for parceling out tax subsidies to developers of affordable housing violate the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs' practice of awarding affordable-housing subsidies in predominantly black neighborhoods promotes racial desegregation.