Flinn v City of Evanston (N.D. Ill.)

On June 16, 2026, the United States moved to intervene in Flinn v.  Evanston (N.D. Ill.), a lawsuit challenging a reparations program by the City of Evanston, Illinois, that provides cash payments and financial assistance for housing solely to black persons and their descendants and not to similarly situated persons of other races. The United States’ proposed complaint in intervention alleges that the city’s actions violate the Equal Protection Cause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fair Housing Act.

Press Release - 6/16/2026