U.S. Department
of Justice
Place to Worship Initiative - News and Speeches
News
March 19, 2024 - March 19, 2024 - Justice Department Hosts Forum and Sends Letter to Local Officials to Reinforce Federal Civil Rights Protections for Religious Land Use
December 4, 2023 - Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Orthodox Jewish Congregation
November 21, 2023 - Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Oregon Church That Feeds People Who are Homeless or Hungry
October 30, 2023 – U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Hold Forum on Civil Rights Protections for Religious Land Use
October 20,2023 - Justice Department Secures Agreement Requiring New York Village to End Discrimination Against Orthodox Jewish Residents
November 23, 2022- United States v. The City of Troy (E.D. Mich.)
November 15, 2022 - Adam Community Center v. City of Troy (E.D. Mich.)
February 25, 2022 - Justice Department Settles Case Against Village of Walthill, Nebraska, for Restricting Christian Church from Building New Place of Worship
October 14, 2021 - Stafford County, Virginia, to Allow Islamic Cemetery in Response to Justice Department Lawsuit
May 7, 2021 - Thai Meditation Association of Alabama v. City of Mobile, Alabama (S.D. Ala.)
March 10, 2021 - Justice Department Settles Claims Against Toms River, New Jersey Over Zoning Code That Restricts Houses of Worship
December 2, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Village of Airmont, New York, for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community
November 9, 2020 - United States v. City of Meriden, Connecticut (D. Conn.)
November 5, 2020 - Justice Department Settles Claims Against City of Meriden, Connecticut, Involving Denial of Mosque
October 30, 2020 - United States v. Woodcliff Lake, (D. N.J.)
September 22, 2020 - Department of Justice Marks 20th Anniversary of Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act with Comprehensive 20-Year Report
September 15, 2020 - Justice Department Settles Claims Against Borough of Woodcliff Lake Involving Denial of Permit to Orthodox Jewish Group to Construct Worship Center
June 19, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Stafford County, Virginia, Over Blocking of Islamic Cemetery
May 20, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Township of Jackson, New Jersey, and the Township's Planning Board for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community
March 25, 2020 - Sailak, LLC v. Forsyth County, Georgia (N.D. Ga.)
February 20, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the Village of Walthill, Nebraska, for Restrictions on Non-Denominational Christian Church Trying to Build a Place of Worship
September 19, 2019 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against City of Troy, Michigan, for Restrictions on Muslim Religious Group Trying to Establish a Place to Worship
June 13, 2019 - Justice Department Celebrates Strong Support for Religious Freedom at One Year Mark of the Place to Worship Initiative
Speeches
October 7, 2019 - Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband Delivers Remarks at the Epstein Becker and Green 38th Annual Workforce Management Briefing
June 13, 2018 - Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks to the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center's Annual Leadership Mission