Evanston reparations program violates Constitution, DOJ says in lawsuit intervention The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is intervening in a lawsuit against Evanston, Illinois. The lawsuit challenges the city’s reparations program, which provides cash payments and housing assistance solely to Black residents. The department argues this exclusive distribution violates the Constitution and federal fair housing law.

• The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is intervening in a lawsuit.
• The lawsuit challenges Evanston, Illinois’s reparations program.
• The program provides cash payments and housing assistance exclusively to Black residents.
• The DOJ alleges this practice violates the Constitution and federal fair housing law.