Housing Discrimination In The United States
1. In the U.S., how has housing discrimination been addressed at the federal level? Consider both public and private sector housing.
Housing discrimination is still one of the most prevalent problems plaguing African Americans and minorities in the United States of Americas. Since the abolition of slavery African Americans and minorities have found it difficult to find affordable housing and integrate into mostly white communities. These problems can be traced back to the Jim Crow Laws. These set of prejudicial beliefs made it impossible for non-whites to live near or within white communities or even associate with whites. Jim Crow ordinances were made illegal by the Supreme Court back in 1917. See Supreme Court case, Buchanan v. Warley. The civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act was one of the first step taken by the federal government to correct the inequalities in the housing area and to try to get housing discrimination under control. The Housing Act made all types of housing discrimination practices such as filtering information about a home’s availability, racial steering, blockbusting, and redlining unconstitutional.
In addition to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 the federal government passed The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 and Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 addressing discrimination in …show more content…
According to Sociologist John Yinger, people who suffer from housing discrimination often live in lower-quality housing because that is all they can afford in term putting themselves and their families at risk of experiencing health issues and receiving substandard education for their children.
Poor Neighborhoods tend to be more accepting which in term causes people of the same race, gays, social standard and income to live in this areas in order to avoid physical threats of violence or even
Housing discrimination is still one of the most prevalent problems plaguing African Americans and minorities in the United States of Americas. Since the abolition of slavery African Americans and minorities have found it difficult to find affordable housing and integrate into mostly white communities. These problems can be traced back to the Jim Crow Laws. These set of prejudicial beliefs made it impossible for non-whites to live near or within white communities or even associate with whites. Jim Crow ordinances were made illegal by the Supreme Court back in 1917. See Supreme Court case, Buchanan v. Warley. The civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act was one of the first step taken by the federal government to correct the inequalities in the housing area and to try to get housing discrimination under control. The Housing Act made all types of housing discrimination practices such as filtering information about a home’s availability, racial steering, blockbusting, and redlining unconstitutional.
In addition to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 the federal government passed The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 and Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 addressing discrimination in …show more content…
According to Sociologist John Yinger, people who suffer from housing discrimination often live in lower-quality housing because that is all they can afford in term putting themselves and their families at risk of experiencing health issues and receiving substandard education for their children.
Poor Neighborhoods tend to be more accepting which in term causes people of the same race, gays, social standard and income to live in this areas in order to avoid physical threats of violence or even