Agudas Israel Housing Association

A woman who was unable to obtain social housing because she was not a member of the Orthodox Jewish community has failed in her appeal to the Supreme Court, made on the basis she suffered unlawful direct discrimination on grounds of race or religion or ethnic origin.

A Jewish housing association which fended off a discrimination challenge earlier this year has successfully defeated the case again on appeal. Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA), which provides accommodation exclusively for Orthodox families, defeated an application for Judicial Review by a mo

A housing association which provides accommodation exclusively for Orthodox families has defeated an application for Judicial Review by a mother and her young son over its allocation policy. The English High Court dismissed a claim, which had been brought by a non-Jewish family in Stamford