Residents of Indian Reservation Sue HUD for Building Mold- and Chemical-Contaminated Homes

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - On April 3, a group of residents of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northern Montana filed an amended class action complaint against Blackfeet Housing and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), alleging that the defendants failed in their mandate to provide safe housing. Martin Marceau, et al. v. Blackfeet Housing, et al., No. CV-02-73-GF-SH (D. Mont., Great Falls Div.).

According to the complaint, the houses in question are riddled with mold and contaminated with chemicals due to construction defects and inappropriate foundation design, and the federal government, in not repairing …