Recent Accomplishments Of The Housing And Civil Enforcement Section

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regarding retrofits at another property, The Morgan, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Public Accommodations (Title II)
On June 9, 2025, the United States filed a complaint in United States v. Fathi Abdulrahim Harara, et al. (Jerusalem Coffee House) (N.D. Cal.). The complaint alleges that the owners of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, discriminated against and refused to serve Jewish customers based on their race and religion. The complaint alleges that, on at least three separate occasions over a four-month period, the coffee house’s owner, Fathi Abdulrahim Harara, and his employees refused to serve two Jewish customers, who were wearing baseball caps displaying the Star of David, and ordered them to leave the premises. Harara and the employees also followed these individuals outside and continued to hurl threats and insults at them. The complaint alleges that the defendants have a policy or practice that denies Jewish individuals the full and equal enjoyment of access to the services, accommodations, and privileges of the Jerusalem Coffee House based on race and religion, in violation of Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, including by enjoining defendants from discriminating against Jewish customers and to remedy the effects of their discriminatory policies and practices.
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons (RLUIPA)
On February 6, 2026, the court entered a consent order in United States v. Borough of Kingston (M.D. Pa.). The complaint, filed February 4, 2026, alleges that the Borough of Kingston (“Kingston”) violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by enacting and enforcing a 2023 zoning ordinance that treats religious land uses worse than comparable