Religious Homeless Shelter and Treatment Program Not Limited By Fair Housing Act

Religion Clause Blog: “In Intermountain Fair Housing Council v. Boise Rescue Mission Ministries, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82459 (D ID, Sept. 10, 2009) . . . also held that both in the homeless shelter and in the Rescue Mission’s second component– a residential recovery program for individuals with drug or alcohol dependency– the Religious Freedom Restoration Act bars application of the Fair Housing Act to prohibit the Rescue Mission’s religious activities or religious favoritism of certain participants.”