A Lane County foster home operator is suing Lane County, alleging the county is violating federal disability law with its requirements for her to operate her home for disabled adults.
Halina Myers filed the federal lawsuit June 17 in U.S. District Court in Eugene. Myers alleges the county’s requirements for her adult foster home are discriminatory and would not be required for people without disabilities living at the house. Myers’ adult foster home serves four adults with disabilities in rural Deadwood, an unincorporated community about 57 miles west of Eugene off Oregon Highway 36.
In 2023, Myers moved her adult foster home operation from Corvallis to the current Lane County house, living there with four disabled adults in need of residential care. Myers previously had operated in Corvallis for about 13 years…