housing discrimination
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The Rent Is Too Damn High and Now Los Angeles City Council Says It Wants to Help by Banning Section 8 Bans Targeting the Poor
Finding decent, affordable housing for yourself and your family can be tough, especially if you’re working-class or low-income and living in any one of the rapidly gentrifying big cities in the nation. In Los Angeles, where median rent for an apartment is $2,428, lawmakers have moved to make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against…
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Exclusive: In Combatting Housing Discrimination, New York City Goes an Unconventional Route
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCHR) today announced a settlement that could be a game-changer in the way cities tackle housing discrimination, particularly as it affects black and brown residents, by identifying companies that deny housing to prospective applicants based exclusively on their criminal history. In an exclusive to The Root, NYCHR…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Breaks Down America’s Ugly History of Housing Discrimination and How She Plans to Fix It
Home ownership is at the heart of the American dream. Michael Smith, his wife, Janet, and their daughter, Ashley, were living that dream. They scrimped and saved for a down payment while he worked full-time moving packages for DHL, and Janet, for Chase. Finally, they bought a modest home with a small yard in a…
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#RentingWhileBlack: Mother of 3 Loses Apartment Because She Didn’t Provide Her Landlord With an Ultrasound Photo
A single working mother of three is taking on a Florida housing complex after a property manager refused to renew her lease because she hadn’t given her landlord an ultrasound of the child she was carrying. As the Miami Herald reports, Tiesha Davis signed a rental agreement with Sorrento Rental Community in Miramar in September…
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Civil Rights Group to Sue Ben Carson and HUD for Removing Obama-Era Housing Rule
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, aka “Dr. Ben Carson,” aka “Breakfront,” aka “Mumbles,” aka “Solo,” is under fire again: A housing-rights group plans to file a federal lawsuit against him and his department for suspending an Obama-era rule that required those developments receiving federal funds to submit plans in order…
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Tenants Call Trump’s Son-in-Law a Slumlord
Reporter Examines Kushner’s Md. Properties Trump Budget a ‘Crackdown on the Neediest’ . . . Public Broadcasting Funds Would Be Slashed Hannity, Pushing Conspiracy, Loses Advertisers David Louie Still Chases Stories After 45 Years Coates’ ‘Black Panther’ Comic Spinoff Canceled Univision, Telemundo Accused of Defamation Journal-isms Inc. Gains Tax-Exempt Status Chicago Radio Raises Funds for…