The causes, consequences, and future implications of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing act Squires, Gregory D. editor. text bibliography nyu 2018 First published 2018 monographic eng

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308 p. ill. ; maps ; photo ; 23 cm The federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 was passedin a time of turmoil, conflict, and often conflagration in cities across the nation. It took the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to finally secure its passage. The Kerner Commission warned in 1968 that "to continue present policies is to make permanent the division of our country into two societies; one largely Negro and poor, located in the central cities; the other, predominantly white and affluent, located in the suburbs and outlying areas". The Fair Housing Act was passed with a dual mandate: to end discrimination and to dismantle the segregated living patterns that characterized most cities. The Fight for Fair Housing tells us what happened, why, and what remains to be done. Since the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the many forms of housing discrimination and segregation, and associated consequences, have been documented. At the same time, significant progress has been made in counteracting discrimination and promoting integration. Few suburbs today are all white; many people of color are moving to the suburbs; and some white families are moving back to the city. Unfortunately, discrimination and segregation persist. The Fight for Fair Housing brings together the nation's leading fair housing activists and scholars (many of whom are in both camps) to tell the stories that led to the passage of the Fair Housing Act, its consequences, and the implications of the act going forward. Including an afterword by Walter Mondale, this book is intended for everyone concerned with the future of our cities and equal access for all persons to housing and related opportunities -- Table of contents: Notes on Contributors ix -- Foreword: The Legacy of a movement xviii Wade Henderson xviii -- 1.Fair Housing Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Gregory D. Sugrue 1 -- 2. From Jim Crow to Fair Housing Thomas J. Sugrue 14 -- 3. The Legislative Battle for the Fair Housing Act(1966-1968) Rigel C. Oliveri 28 -- 4. The Costs of Segregation and the Benefits of the Fair Housing Act Sam Fulwood III 40 -- 5. More than Just Race: Proliferation of Protected Groups and the Increasing Influence of the Act Michael Allen and Jamie Crook 57 -- 6. The Fair Housing Act: A Tool for Expanding Access to Quality Credit Lisa Rice 76 -- 7. The Rocky Road Home: Latino Immigration and Fair Housing in California Jesús Hernández 112 -- 8. From the “Perpetual Foreigners” to the “Model Minority” to the New Transnational Elite: The Residential Segregation of Asian Americans Frank H. Wu 133 -- 9. At the intersection of Criminal Justice and Fair Housing John P. Relman and Sasha Samberg-Champion 151 -- 10. The Legacy and the Promise of Disparate Impact Morgan Williams and Stacy Seichnaydre 169 -- 11. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: The Mandate to End Segregation Raphael W. Bostic and Arthur Acolin 189 -- 12. Opportunity Communities: Overcoming the Debate Over Mobility Versus Place -Based Strategies John A. Powell and Stephen Menendian 207 -- 13. Fair Housing and Stable Suburban Integration Myron Orfield and Will Stancil 228 -- 14. The Intersection of Race and Class: Zoning Affordable Housing, and Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas Douglas S. Massey and Jacob S. Rugh 245 -- 15. Living Downstream: The Fair Housing Act at Fifty George Lipsitz 266 -- Afterword: Ending Segregation: The Fair Housing Act Unfinished Business Walter F. Mondale 291 -- Index 297 -- edited by Gregory D. Squires. Include Index. n-us--- United States. Discrimination in housing United States Housing policy United States Segregation United States HD7288.76.U5 F54 2018 363.5/5610973 9781138682535 9781138682542 2017020814 pucpr 170810 20250211102044.0 eng