New York City agreed to slash its practice of giving residents first dibs on new affordable apartments in their neighborhoods after settling a landmark federal lawsuit that claimed the Big Apple’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new book suggests that racial segregation in housing can be undone if Americans come together across racial lines to pressure ...
For much of the last century, the “American dream” has centered on homeownership by married, white families. Alongside explicitly racist policies like racial segregation enforced by redlining, banks ...
An aerial view of Milford, a suburban town in Connecticut. Single-family housing is the only type of development that’s allowed on 62 percent of land in the state. A new report from the Urban ...
Exclusionary zoning throughout the last century across Massachusetts has led to the modern housing shortage and racial segregation throughout the state, according to a new report out Wednesday from ...
A Black civil rights organization claims that a Minnesota affordable housing finance agency is worsening racial segregation — and that the group's concerns about it are not addressed in an upcoming ...
A panel discussion at Hofstra University Thursday looked at the connection between racial segregation and affordable housing issues on Long Island. Long Island native Samir Lavingia experienced his ...
ROCKFORD — Richard and Leah Rothstein, Authors of Just Action, How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law, presented a lecture at a Housing Justice Symposium. The event was a ...
Three years ago, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, books on racial injustice became all the rage. One of them was “The Color of Law,” by housing expert Richard Rothstein, which had been published ...
FARGO — Patterns of racial segregation are beginning to appear in Fargo neighborhoods, said Michelle Rydz, executive director of the High Plains Fair Housing Center. These segregated neighborhoods ...
A Southern California-based think tank, Circulate San Diego, published a report this Thursday morning that highlights the need for reform at the California Coastal Commission. The commission was ...
A panel discussion at Hofstra University Thursday looked at the connection between racial segregation and affordable housing issues on Long Island. Long Island native Samir Lavingia experienced his ...