Fair and Affordable Housing in the U.S.

Fair and Affordable Housing in the U.S.
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2011-09-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004207139

U.S. fair and affordable housing policy has been constrained by neoliberal ideologies that emphasize market-based approaches to program implementation. Public policy aimed at ameliorating housing discrimination and expanding access to housing markets for minorities and the poor has remained underdeveloped, underfunded, and poorly implemented. This edited book adds to our understanding of the trends, outcomes and future directions of fair and affordable housing policy. It is divided into four parts, examining issues of interest to housing scholars and practitioners. Sections include discussions of: fair housing policy, affordable housing finance, equitable approaches to land use, rent vouchers, and homeownership policy. Contributors to the edited volume include experts from the fields of political science, public policy, urban planning, sociology, and social work.

Report

Report
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher:
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1959
Genre: Discrimination in housing
ISBN:

African American Civil Rights in the Age of Obama

African American Civil Rights in the Age of Obama
Author: Harold McDougall
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0557248329

AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA: A HISTORY AND A HANDBOOK, by Prof. Harold McDougall of the Howard University School of Law is a look at some of the remaining trouble spots in black-white relations in the United States today, with the benefit of the Obama Administration's first year in office as a backdrop. The book begins with racial profiling, a topic particularly charged as a consequence of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates' arrest in his own home, for disorderly conduct, by Cambridge, Massachusetts police. Other trouble spots include hate crimes, discrimination against consumers, employment discrimination, voting rights, housing discrimination and discrimination in public education.