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‘By restricting housing based on Chinese domicile, Florida is unlawfully restricting housing for Chinese people,’ a lawyer for the plaintiffs contends.
A U.S. appeals court has halted the enforcement of a Florida law that bans Chinese citizens from purchasing property in the state.
The Florida law restricting people from China from owning property in the state likely is trumped by federal law. Its enforcement was blocked.
A federal appeals court Thursday said a Florida law restricting people from China from owning property in the state likely is trumped by federal law and blocked its enforcement against two plaintiffs who have been in the midst of real-estate transactions.
Attorneys for a group of plaintiffs this week urged a federal appeals court to block a new Florida law that restricts people from China from owning property in the state, saying the measure “mandates egregious national-origin discrimination.”