article_snippet.sent: Darien has previously been investigated by the Justice Department over a policy which gave affordable housing priority to people who already lived and worked in Darien.
article_snippet.sent: a policy which gave affordable housing priority to people who already lived and worked in Darien was dropped before the investigation finished.
article_snippet.sent: The lawsuit and a federal housing investigation reopened old wounds in Darien.
article_snippet.sent: The U.S. Department of Justice in 2010 began investigating whether the town was violating the Fair Housing Act with a zoning policy approved in 2009 that gave top priority for new affordable housing to Darien residents and other people with ties to the town, including town employees.
article_snippet.sent: The planning and zoning commission rescinded a zoning policy approved in 2009 that gave top priority for new affordable housing to Darien residents and other people with ties to the town, including town employees later in 2010, and The U.S. Department of Justice closed the investigation in 2012 without taking any action, the Darien Times reported.