Fletcher Properties, Inc., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent, Poverty & Race Research Action ...

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment rejecting a facial challenge to Minneapolis's ordinance requiring landlords generally to accept tenants using public-assistance programs unless compliance would impose an undue hardship. It held that the ordinance causes neither a physical nor regulatory taking under the Minnesota Constitution and is not preempted by the Minnesota Human Rights Act because the state statute neither authorizes landlords to reject voucher holders nor occupies the field of housing discrimination. The court applied de novo review to both issues.