Given what we know about the prison population’s demographics, it seems inevitable that the practice of denying housing to someone who has been charged or convicted with a crime will collide with the Fair Housing Act’s definition of disparate impact. For now, though, arrest records like the one described below Read more…
Earlier this year, fair housing advocates and activists breathed a collective sigh of relief when the U.S. Supreme Court preserved the disparate impact component of the Fair Housing Act, which is a key tool for discrimination investigations and charges. While the decision marked a key victory for housing justice, another Read more…
Last week, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro passed his one-year anniversary at the helm of the organization. Coincidentally – well, maybe not so coincidentally – he’s also been busy lately promoting the White House’s Affirmatively Forwarding Fair Housing rule and even penned an opinion article for Read more…
This week’s recipe of fair housing headlines includes generous portions of disparate impact with a dash of fair housing history, topped off with a bitter seasoning of how heavily poverty affects people’s access to housing. Feast your eyes, famished readers. To help mark its 50th year of service, Fair Housing Read more…
Hi there, and welcome to our inaugural roundup of fair housing headlines. To do out part to provide people with updates on what’s happening in the world of fair housing, we’re going to be collecting a roundup of relevant news to each week here on our website. Check out what’s Read more…