STEUBENVILLE — The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has upheld a city resident’s claim that neighborhood conservation districts have a disparate effect on the minorities and families with children. Community activist Royal Mayo filed the complaint after being told he couldn’t rent a home friends owned on Linda Way because it hadn’t been properly registered as a rental property in accordance with district guidelines. The commission cited a statistical analysis done by an unidentified expert witness that reported 47 percent of households in Steubenville are renter-occupied. While ...