Ruling cements positive discrimination as a legitimate way to tackle social disadvantage
A woman seeking housing in east London who alleged racial discrimination when a housing charity reserved its properties for Orthodox Jewish people has lost her case at the supreme court.
In a ruling that cements positive discrimination as a legitimate way to tackle social disadvantage, the UK’s highest court of appeal found in favour of the Agudas Israel Housing Association in Stamford Hill after it listed its homes for rent with the caveat of “consideration only to the Orthodox Jewish community”.
