Advocacy Group Has No Standing to Seek Housing for Mentally Ill

May 12, 2012

LVT Number: #24098

A nonprofit legal services group sued New York State in 2003 under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act to require the state to develop thousands of residences for mentally ill adults. The court ruled for the advocacy group. The state appealed and won. The legal services group had no standing to sue because it didn't show that the people it claimed to represent were sufficiently affiliated with them. The advocacy group had claimed that the state failed to provide over 4,300 mentally ill residents of group homes with supported housing.

A nonprofit legal services group sued New York State in 2003 under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act to require the state to develop thousands of residences for mentally ill adults. The court ruled for the advocacy group. The state appealed and won. The legal services group had no standing to sue because it didn't show that the people it claimed to represent were sufficiently affiliated with them. The advocacy group had claimed that the state failed to provide over 4,300 mentally ill residents of group homes with supported housing. The appeals court also questioned the scope of relief sought by the group.

Disabilities Advocates Inc. v. New York Coalition for Quality Assisted Living, Inc.: Docket No. 10-235 (US 2d Cir.; 4/6/12; Cabranes, J)

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