Federal discrimination lawsuit filed over whites-only housing development in Arkansas

By: Tess Vrbin

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 880

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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A federal discrimination lawsuit was filed Wednesday against a whites-only community based in north Arkansas by a woman in a multiracial family whom the group did not allow to purchase land.

Missouri resident Michelle Walker’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, states that Return to the Land’s rejection of her application to buy land violated the Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act on the federal and …

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