(5?.) IN THE WAKE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED A SYSTEM OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AIMED AT BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP.
THIS VAST NETWORK BUILT WEALTH AT THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEVEL FOR MILLIONS OF WHITE PEOPLE — YES ONLY IF THEY WERE WHITE.
BUILDING ON CENTURIES OF INEQUALITIES, THESE DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES AND SYSTEMIC RACIST PRACTICES LED TO RAMPANT SEGREGATION. AN ANNAL REPORT RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT SEGREGATION HAS HAD ON FAIR HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE WAYS IN WHICH [CURRENT POLICIES] AND PRACTICES CONTINUE TO REINFORCE AND PERPETRATE SEGREGATION AND INEQUALITY.
“THE CASE FOR FAIR HOUSING,” COMPILES DATA FROM A LARGE SWATH OF FAIR HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO PROVIDE A CONTEMPORARY SNAPSHOT OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST STRIKING FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT.
THERE WERE 28,181 COMPLAINTS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN 2016. THESE COMPLAINTS TOOK MANY FORMS: A COLLEGE DENYING A STUDENT OF A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS; DENIAL OF MOBILE HOME RENTALS TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN APPLICANTS; DISCRIMINATORY CONCENTRATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING; REFUSAL TO RENT TO PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES; HOUSING DISCRIMINATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND SITES LIKE AIRBNB; DISCRIMINATORY TARGETING OF PREDATORY LENDING AGAINST BORROWERS REFINANCING THEIR MORTGAGES; OR DISCRIMINATORY MAINTENANCE AND MARKETING OF BANK-OWNED, POST-FORECLOSURE PROPERTIES.
THIS NUMBER LIKELY IS WAY LOW. MOST PEOPLE DON’T REPORT RACIAL, ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. NFHA ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN 4 MILLION CASES OF SYSTEMIC RACIST HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OCCUR EACH YEAR.
TIME WE PIGGY-BACKED THESE CASES, OF PURPORTED [CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY].
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