Talk:Housing discrimination in the United States

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Possible revisions

I've been researching the subject, and I see that the page does not give much information. There is no mentioning of the difference between exclusionary and nonexclusionary forms of housing discrimination. Exclusionary discrimination is when a person is directly denied the housing of their choice based on religion, sexual orientation, race, familial status, etc. I'd like to add information on nonexclusionary discrimination, in which a person who already has housing faces further discrimination, such as harassment, differential treatment, intimidation, and higher payments, based on their religion, sexual orientation, race, and so on. I'd also just like to expand the sections in general and possibly give a specific section to housing discrimination today and how it is related to race and sexual orientation. Alissahart (talk) 16:24, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I put up my changes Alissahart (talk) 13:34, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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Delaware should be light blue. See [1], [2] and [3] Ron 1987 (talk) 22:07, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Discrimination of Disabled

Has there been any discussion at all about the discrimination of the disabled? This is 1st hand experience. Disability (either due to genetics or in other cases perhaps accident) which leads to a need for public assistance (limited income, whether or not temporary or permanent), various federal housing programs, etc. The federal housing programs seem to favor non-disabled working adults. Private renters will refuse to rent to people who receive public assistance, which is a direct result of disability, even though said renters would receive the same rent in the end, they don't want to be hassled with paperwork and inspections and be held accountable to regulations which prohibit discrimination, among other things. Other property owners may get a portion of their housing 30% income subsidized, and then set that 30% mark just 5-10% above what anyone on public assistance can afford if they are disabled, thus effectively excluding the disabled and favoring the abled bodied recipients of public assistance. Supposedly the local housing authority will state that this is illegal, and may suggest filing a complaint, which is never investigated. Such discrimination occurs based on genetics (disability akin to racism in this sense), economic status (by refusing to rent to people dependent on public assistance), with the result being homelessness which can rapidly lead to death for the severely disabled. This group is a much more vulnerable, and much more intensely affected by discrimination of multiple types, with absolutely no legal protection, but instead, a lot of legal justifications for what amounts to a silent genocide. 72.74.179.186 (talk) 18:21, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

-I would like to add information about housing discrimination against people with disabilities protected by the Fair Housing Act and how to file a complaint with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) DisabilityAdvocacy4U (talk) 03:17, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Recommendations

It is important to prioritize policy and city planning. Planning for sustainability does not come with a one-size fits all approach; wicked problems persist without clarity or solutions. However, looking beyond urban regimes and accepting the nexus of these regimes is the first step for change that planners can take. This can be done through the notion of Equitable Development, an approach that aims to create communities of opportunity. Inequalities oppressing low-income communities comprised of diverse ethnicities are not only unethical but prove to be economically and environmentally unsustainable. Partnership between government, private sectors, and community-based organizations to manipulate public policy for the promotion of social equity, as well as, economic growth and environmental sustainability are crucial for justice.

Blackwell, Angela Glover. "Promoting Equitable Development." (n.d.): n. pag. Web. Xicusunshine (talk) 16:56, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

My contributions

I think it is important to expand about the history and the development of the Housing Discrimination in the United States, not only as a source of foundation on the topic, but as an analysis of what things led to it, and it relates to the current situation of the US and its current practice, as well as its relationship to the new Trump Administration. I would like to add case studies/ examples to the Topic, such the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, or the African American push displacement to Richmond in the 20th century. It important to talk about themes of gentrification and structural racism in this Topic. Furthermore, I would like to add a discussion about housing discrimination and its relationship to the environment and environmental Justice.

Potential Bibliography:

Berton, Justin. "Fire at Chevron Refinery in Richmond." SFGate. San Francisco Chronicle, 11 July 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.

Cohen, A., A. Lopez, N. Malloy, and R. Morello-Frosch. "Our Environment, Our Health: A Community-Based Participatory Environmental Health Survey in Richmond, California." Health Education & Behavior 39.2 (2011): 198-209. Web.

Hudson, Adam. "Early-Stage Gentrification: Richmond, California, Residents Push Back." Truthout. 17 July 2015. Web. 08 Dec. 2016.

Lombard, Hamilton. "Richmond's Quiet Transformation." StatChat. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2017.

Robert D. Bullard, Paul Mohai, Robin Saha, and Beverly Wright. “ Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty: 1987-2007” Grassroots Struggles to Dismantle Environmental Racism in the United States. Web. March 2007. Xicusunshine (talk) 07:45, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Inactive Links

Under the History section, the citation, footnote 3, for the Jim Crow Laws being introduced post Civil War is inactive.

Under the inclusionary section the source, footnote 23, for racial slurs and violence against victims is inactive.

The source, footnote 38, for the rate of teen pregnancy and racial minorities having an increased chance for employment by having inclusionary housing is inactive. Mmobed (talk) 05:31, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

LGBT housing discrimination

The LGBT housing discrimination section concludes with a 2012 regulation requiring all housing providers that receive HUD funding to prevent housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. However, since 2012, new regulations have been put in place. On September 21st 2016, HUD announced its final gender identity rule that went into effect October 21st 2016. This rule builds off of the 2012 regulations by addressing transgender and gender nonconforming indviduals in federally funded accomodations. This rule also clarified HUDs definition of gender identity in the 2012 rule. Mmobed (talk) 05:44, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

References

Disparate Treatment vs Impact

This page gives no mention of the differences between disparate treatment or disparate impact in housing discrimination cases. Disparate impact is when a housing provider creates facially neutral policies that do not discriminate in the language of said policy but negatively affect individuals in protected classes under the Fair Housing Act. Disparate impact has been recognized in housing discrimination since 2015. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court found that disparate impact liability is consistent with the purpose of the Fair Housing Act because it “allows plaintiffs to counteract unconscious prejudices and disguised discrimination that may be harder to uncover than disparate treatment." Mmobed (talk) 22:28, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

References

Requested move 29 March 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) feminist (talk) 03:00, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

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Housing discrimination (United States) → Housing discrimination in the United States – In line with similar articles: Housing discrimination could be expanded with more international examples, but the disambiguation here implicates "housing discrimination" means something different in the U.S. than it does elsewhere. ViperSnake151  Talk  22:40, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. There are many examples of the "in" form used for Wikipedia entries' main title headers — Academic freedom in the Middle East, Access to public information in Albania, African and Black nationalism in Africa, Economic policy in Europe, Energy policy in Europe, Human rights in the Quran, Stateless nationalism in North America, Public policy in Europe, Transparency of media ownership in Turkey and Zionism in Oceania, to name but ten. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:44, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support for consistency with articles generally reporting phenomena in places. bd2412 T 03:03, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
• Support. Consistency, but also note that one reason for this consistency is the preference for natural disambiguation. Andrewa (talk) 01:20, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

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Federal Housing Administration

How does this article not mention the FHA and it's affect on housing discrimination? [4] "The second program that the federal government pursued was to subsidize the development of suburbs on a condition that they be only sold to white families and that the homes in those suburbs had deeds that prohibited resale to African-Americans. These two policies worked together to segregate metropolitan areas in ways that they otherwise would never have been segregated." Sephiroth storm (talk) 21:49, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Suggestions

I think it might be worth considering additional content about housing discrimination prior to the Civil War; however, if such information is not available, it would be worth noting in the lead. Regarding the 'Effects of housing discrimination,' a section discussing the impact on education would be a valuable addition. In states like Texas, property taxes are an important source of school funding, and, as a result, the quality of a person's education can be shaped by local housing and discriminatory practices. Bgreaves18 (talk) 23:59, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Edit Proposals

I am considering editing this article throughout this semester. I think there is a growing amount of research on how the US government, beyond individuals, has been directly responsible for discrimination that is relevant to this article. I would like to elaborate more on the effects section of this article, as well as the empirical evidence section. More information and my sources can be found on my user page. S.shedore (talk) 20:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

A detailed proposal with sources can be found in my sandbox. I hope to add to the history section previous to the FHA, expand on different types of housing discrimination, include more effects of housing discrimination, and do some restructuring of the article. S.shedore (talk) 01:41, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

I have started to edit the article. I moved some sections around (the HUD study to the empirical evidence section and the demographics portion under residential segregation). I also started adding on to the history section about the FHA's role pre-Fair Housing Act. I will continue to add onto this section. I would appreciate any feedback! S.shedore (talk) 00:21, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Peer review suggestions

Hello! have recently peer reviewed this article, and I would say overall that it is very well done. The evidence is supported by scholarly sources, and it is neutrally written. However, I would suggest that the lead is revisited. There is some information in it that doesn’t contribute to the big picture of housing discrimination, and I think it might work better in a different section. I am also a little confused by the “Empirical evidence” section; the information in that could easily be added to “Possible solutions” where it is talked about which I feel would flow better. I would love to read more about LGBT discrimination or disability discrimination if it were to be expanded on. All in all, I really enjoyed reading this, and a few small changes would make this article even better! Vanchu22 (talk) 00:19, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Notification: Housing in the United States

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