OAKLAND TOWNSHIP: An Oakland County organization representing military veterans and others with disabilities has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Oakland Township officials of engaging in unfair housing practices and violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
The suit was filed Friday, Dec. 5, in the Eastern District Court in Detroit by the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America.
The lawsuit centers around a proposed senior living development which was approved by township officials but later denied by a public vote.
The 42-acre, 238-unit Blossom Ridge development was approved by the township’s previous leaders in August 2012 before being reversed by a more-than 2-to-1 margin in a 2013 vote after a petition drive landed the issue on the ballot that fall…