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Fair Housing and Environmental Justice: New Strategies and Challenges (Megan Haberle, January 2018)

January 1, 2018 by

By Megan Haberle. Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, (January 2018). Excerpt: "Fair housing and environmental justice are deeply intertwined, though they have long operated in separate siloes among both policymakers and advocates. In recent years, the importance of connecting these issues has been brought home in acute ways. This included the public … [Read more...] about Fair Housing and Environmental Justice: New Strategies and Challenges (Megan Haberle, January 2018)

“Cashin: A Reply to Kahlenberg” by Sheryll Cashin (July-September 2017 P&R Issue)

September 15, 2017 by

By Sheryll Cashin (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Kahlenberg is correct in asserting that the unfinished business of the civil rights movement is housing. His call for an Economic Fair Housing Act is useful and important. In selling this idea, however, he may create a misleading impression. Economic segregation is growing, with awful consequences for … [Read more...] about “Cashin: A Reply to Kahlenberg” by Sheryll Cashin (July-September 2017 P&R Issue)

“An Economic Fair Housing Act” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (July-September 2017 P&R Issue)

July 5, 2017 by

By Richard D. Kahlenberg (Click here to view the entire P&R issue)   A century ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down racial zoning laws that prohibited Black people from buying homes in majority-white neighborhoods.  About a half-century later, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed explicit racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing units. … [Read more...] about “An Economic Fair Housing Act” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (July-September 2017 P&R Issue)

“Postindustrial Cities and Urban Inequality” by Tracy Neumann (April-June 2016 P&R Issue)

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By Tracy Neumann (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Link to the Issue... In 2013, Carnegie Mellon University invited three hundred urban specialists from North America and Europe to Pittsburgh to discuss the future of postindustrial cities at the “Remaking Cities Congress.” The Congress was held to promote the city’s much-lauded “25-year transformation from an … [Read more...] about “Postindustrial Cities and Urban Inequality” by Tracy Neumann (April-June 2016 P&R Issue)

The Need for a National Housing Mobility Infrastructure (March 2016)

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Policy Brief (March 2016). By Philip Tegeler. Funding for this project was made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Atlantic Philanthropies. Excerpt: "Without housing mobility counseling, and the public housing agency reforms that accompany it, we consistently see highly segregated programs that place poor children … [Read more...] about The Need for a National Housing Mobility Infrastructure (March 2016)

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