Fair Housing Comes of Age

George Metcalf (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

254 Seiten

1988
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-24757-6 (ISBN)

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Over the past three decades the civil rights movement has succeeded in increasing equality of opportunity for minority groups in American society. However, as Metcalf suggests in this volume, discrimination in the area of housing remains very real and very critical. For, despite the efforts of legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that has led to equality in voting, education, and employment for members of minority groups, housing discrimination in various forms remains rampant, with close to two million incidents of discrimination in housing occurring annually. In this thought-provoking treatment of housing policies and practices within the U.S., Metcalf traces the development of governmental intervention in the housing arena from the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 through the Housing and Community Development act of 1974. . . . Metcalf proposes that his text be used as a catalyst to induce the public to act, and in turn, to influence the courts, administrators, and legislatures at all governmental levels. A detailed and well-written volume. Choice

Despite legislation designed to eliminate discrimination in housing, the ghettoization of minorities, especially Blacks, has become more severe in the past two decades. In this compelling work, George Metcalf examines the reasons why Title VIII has had so little effect, and he documents the experience of the individuals and agencies who have carried the main burden in efforts to achieve fair housing. He offers excerpts and data drawn from extensive interviews, as well as careful analyses of twelve landmark decisions involving violations such as racial steering, misinformation, harassment, redlining, and exclusionary land practices.

GEORGE R. METCALF is a regular columnist for the Citizen in Auburn, New York.

Historical Background Introduction Reagan's Record The Law and Interpretive Case Histories The Thirteenth Amendment The Fourteenth Amendment The Civil Rights Act of 1968 Exclusionary Zoning The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 Promising Avenues to Fair Housing Private Investment: Fund for an Open Society School and Housing Interdependency: Louisville's Carrot-Stick Experiment Voluntary Fair Housing Agencies: Cincinnati's HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal) Black and White Tenant Quotas: Brooklyn's Starrett City Conclusion Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.1.1988
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Immobilienwirtschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-313-24757-9 / 0313247579
ISBN-13	978-0-313-24757-6 / 9780313247576
Zustand	Neuware