Deal for Boy Scouts HQ in Philly falls through

PHILADELPHIA - January 31, 2012

An attorney for the Boy Scouts said in a filing Friday the deal is unlikely to be approved by City Council.

The deal was hatched in 2010 to compensate the Scouts for legal fees racked up in its successful defense of an eviction try by the city over policies that discriminate against gays.

The city unsuccessfully sought to raise the Scouts' annual rent from $1 to $200,000 or kick them out of the building. In 2010 a federal jury found the city had violated the Scouts' First Amendment rights by trying to evict them.

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