By Hilary Botein (Click here to view the entire PDF) This short essay focuses on the development of U.S. housing policies in the 1930s and 1940s, and how those discussions can inform a reimagining of housing policies in 2020. As Peter Marcuse and others have described, the “myth of the benevolent state” leads us to believe that the state acts to protect its citizens, when in … [Read more...] about “Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past: New Deal Housing Policy and COVID-19” by Hillary Botein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
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“The Urgent Public Health Need to Extend Eviction Moratoria and Mortgage Forbearance Programs” by Gregory D. Squires and Ira Goldstein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
By Gregory D. Squires and Ira Goldstein (Click here to view the entire PDF) The latest Census Household Pulse Survey (October 14–26, 2020) reveals that 1.1 million rental households (13.1%) and 395 thousand owners (4.6%) feel that it is very likely that they will lose their home in the next two months due to foreclosure or eviction. An estimated 3.6 million owner households … [Read more...] about “The Urgent Public Health Need to Extend Eviction Moratoria and Mortgage Forbearance Programs” by Gregory D. Squires and Ira Goldstein (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
“Monopolizing Whiteness: An Interview with Erika Wilson” (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire PDF) Phil Tegeler (interviewing for PRRAC): We’re speaking today with Erika Wilson who is a law professor at the UNC School of Law. Erika’s article “Monopolizing Whiteness” will be published soon in the Harvard Law Review. In the article, Professor Wilson addresses the limitations of federal constitutional law in addressing school segregation, … [Read more...] about “Monopolizing Whiteness: An Interview with Erika Wilson” (Sept/Oct 2020 P&R Issue)
A Steady Habit of Segregation (NAACP LDF, PRRAC, Open Communities Alliance, Sillerman Center, October 2020)
An NAACP LDF, PRRAC, Open Communities Alliance, Sillerman Center Report (October 2020). By Susan Eaton. Excerpt: "This report was inspired in part by the 2017 book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein...This report offers a similar accounting of the nature, origins, and harms of racial segregation. But it is … [Read more...] about A Steady Habit of Segregation (NAACP LDF, PRRAC, Open Communities Alliance, Sillerman Center, October 2020)
Disparate Impact (Discriminatory Effects Standard)
The Discriminatory Effects Standard (commonly known as Disparate Impact) of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 upholds our societal obligation to fairness by respecting and protecting equal opportunity. The goal of the Disparate Impact standard is to root out unjustified practices that discriminate against groups protected by the Fair Housing Act, even where there is no specific … [Read more...] about Disparate Impact (Discriminatory Effects Standard)
