By Dan McGowan, (Providence WPRI Channel 12) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Providence landlords would be banned from refusing to rent apartments to people with housing vouchers – like Section 8 – under an ordinance that will be introduced to the City Council Thursday night. … [Read more...] about Providence mulls ban on landlords refusing Section 8 vouchers (Providence WPRI Channel 12)
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A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case (The Nation)
By Rachel Cohen, The Nation On a Saturday morning in mid-January, 150 residents crowded inside the Hartford Public Library to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sheff v. O’Neill, a court case that transformed public education in Connecticut. Seven years after that filing, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated schools denied Hartford children their … [Read more...] about A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case (The Nation)
Preventing discrimination or burdensome regulation? City, landlords going to court over Section 8 law (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
By Kate Giammarise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It took Janetta Harrison months of searching before she found a landlord in Pittsburgh's North Side who would accept her Housing Choice Voucher, commonly called a Section 8 voucher. … [Read more...] about Preventing discrimination or burdensome regulation? City, landlords going to court over Section 8 law (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
See How Landlords Pack Section 8 Renters Into Poorer Neighborhoods (CityLab)
By Kriston Capps, CityLab Where to live is one of the most important decisions the leader of a household has to make. But for the most vulnerable families in the nation, there really isn’t any choice at all. … [Read more...] about See How Landlords Pack Section 8 Renters Into Poorer Neighborhoods (CityLab)
Housing vouchers mostly move families into impoverished neighborhoods, even when better apartments exist elsewhere (Washington Post)
By Tracy Jan, Washington Post Your neighborhood determines the quality of your children’s schools and your access to jobs, transportation, even fresh food. But a new study found that in nearly all 50 of America’s biggest metropolitan areas, low-income families using federal housing vouchers remain overly concentrated in impoverished, racially segregated neighborhoods with … [Read more...] about Housing vouchers mostly move families into impoverished neighborhoods, even when better apartments exist elsewhere (Washington Post)
