By Andra Lim, Austin Statesman That’s how U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks once described a city of Austin ordinance that prohibits landlords from rejecting low-income applicants who plan on paying part of their rent with a Section 8 federal housing voucher if they meet all the qualifications for tenancy. But more than a month later, Sparks decided not to grant an … [Read more...] about Federal Judge Declines to Block City ‘Source of Income’ Ordinance (Austin Statesman)
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Revitalization v. Gentrification v. Integration (Brooklyn Quarterly)
By Amy DeHuff, Brooklyn Quarterly Forty-seven years after the Fair Housing Act’s passage, the federal government is taking measures to promote integration nationwide. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will soon issue its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule requiring municipalities to routinely look at their data, own up to racial/ethnic inequities … [Read more...] about Revitalization v. Gentrification v. Integration (Brooklyn Quarterly)
This Supreme Court Decision Could Encourage One Of The Worst Forms Of Racism (Huffington Post)
By Nick Wing, Huffington Post For the larger part of the 20th century, housing discrimination in the United States was overt and unambiguous. Racial segregation was largely the norm, and those who worked to preserve it were under little obligation, legal or social, to hide their intentions. At least it was easy to spot. … [Read more...] about This Supreme Court Decision Could Encourage One Of The Worst Forms Of Racism (Huffington Post)
The Supreme Court May Soon Disarm the Single Best Weapon for Desegregating U.S. Housing (Washington Post)
By Emily Badger, Washington Post The civil rights movement knocked down voting restrictions, segregated lunch counters, employment discrimination and whites-only public schools. But fair housing has remained a far more elusive front for the last half-century. American communities are still deeply segregated by race. And segregation that has long divided U.S. cities is now … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court May Soon Disarm the Single Best Weapon for Desegregating U.S. Housing (Washington Post)
Which Funders Are Battling Today’s Forms of Segregation? (Inside Philanthropy)
By David Callahan, Inside Philanthropy Alabama Governor George Wallace famously pledged "segregation forever" in 1963, only to watch Jim Crow dismantled by federal law over the next few years. In the history books, and now at a multiplex near you, Wallace lost and Martin Luther King, Jr. won. … [Read more...] about Which Funders Are Battling Today’s Forms of Segregation? (Inside Philanthropy)
