March 2026 Magazine - Flipbook - Page 12
ATTORNEY’S ANGLE
TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS
LAW RECENT CASES
Civil Rights
United States v. Colony Ridge Development, LLC,
U.S District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division
Case No: 4:23-cv-4729.
The following is a summary of recent U.S. Civil Rights law cases as prepared by the Department of Justice.
The Justice Department announced today that Colony Ridge Land LLC and its affiliates (Colony
Ridge), a land developer and lender near Houston, TX, have agreed to pay $68,000,000 to resolve
a lawsuit alleging that Colony Ridge targeted Hispanic borrowers with a predatory land sales and
lending scheme that led to a cycle of foreclosures and financial hardship in violation of the Equal
Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
