scholarly journals Chasing a Paper Tiger: Evaluating Buffalo’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice

2013 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Mark Silvermam ◽  
Kelly L. Patterson ◽  
Jade Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Housing Choice ◽  
Fair Housing

scholarly journals Source of Income Discrimination and Fair Housing Policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Rosie Tighe ◽  
Megan E. Hatch ◽  
Joseph Mead
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Housing Choice ◽  
Fair Housing ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Choice Voucher Program ◽  
Local Law ◽  
Do So

The housing choice voucher program was designed with two main goals in mind: to eliminate concentrations of poverty and the social problems it causes and to provide poor households with greater access to higher-opportunity neighborhoods. However, research suggests that voucher holders would like to move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods, but often are unable to do so. One of the most prominent reasons for this is that, in most cities and states, local law allows landlords to discriminate against potential tenants on the grounds of their “source of income” (SOI). This article reviews the literature on discrimination of voucher recipients and the potential for SOI antidiscrimination laws to mitigate some of these negative outcomes.

Fair housing for disabled Americans

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 285-286
Author(s):  
Deborah Gore Dean
Keyword(s):  
Fair Housing

Faith and Fair Housing

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-316
Author(s):  
Bruce G. Merritt
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Property Values ◽  
Fair Housing ◽  
Ballot Initiative ◽  
White Neighborhoods ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
Fair Housing Act ◽  
Minority Families

In 1964, a California ballot initiative, Proposition 14, aiming to rescind a recent fair-housing act, proved controversial. Supporters argued that property owners had a right to sell to whomever they wished. An undercurrent addressed the supposed deleterious impact to property values if minority families could move into white neighborhoods. Racist motives were denied. This article analyzes the divisive effects of the issue on one southern California church community as it pondered the role of organized religion in matters of social justice.

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