A group of Minneapolis residents is suing the city for housing discrimination
MINNEAPOLIS — A group of residents is suing the City of Minneapolis for housing discrimination.
The residents in the case — 11 in total — are hoping to force the city to enforce its own housing code.
"We shouldn't have litter in the streets, we shouldn't have burnt out buildings, we shouldn't have backyards full of junk cars. They never tolerate that [down] south, why do we tolerate it here?" said resident Dennis Wagner, a plaintiff in the case.
Another resident claims mold in her former apartment made her child sick.
"They gave them [my child] antibiotics for six months, and none of the courses worked. It was not going away, until we moved," said Brianna Lofton, another plaintiff in the case.
Lofton said her child's sickness eventually went away after they moved out of that apartment.
Residents say views of garbage and debris — only feet away from their backyard — are commonplace.
A spokesperson for Minneapolis told WCCO that the city is reviewing the complaint.
