July 6 2010 - The Anderson Group, an Albany, N.Y. developer that wanted to include 60 units of affordable housing in a Saratoga Springs, N.Y. housing project, was awarded $1 million by a federal jury July 2.

The jury found that the zoning policies used by the City of Saratoga Springs to exclude the development had a discriminatory disparate impact on African-Americans and families with children. When Saratoga Springs officials and area residents discovered that The Anderson Group sought to include an affordable housing component in their proposed Spring Run Village development, the city rezoned the property to prevent any affordable housing on the property despite a lack of housing for African Americans and families with children in the area.