Fragile Rights Within Cities Government,

This book offers a rich, multi-disciplinary assessment of the complex interface of housing, fairness, and government programs aimed at enforcing one of this nation's hallmark civil rights laws - the right to fair and open housing. The core questions for this book are how fair are this country's urban housing markets and how effective has the government been at what it is charged to do in ensuring open and diverse housing options for this country's minority groups?

Introduction and overview : housing, justice, and the government	p. 1
An overview of key issues in the field of fair housing research	p. 19
Housing discrimination in metropolitan America : unequal treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and native Americans	p. 39
Assessing racial discrimination : methods and measures	p. 61
Paradoxes in the fair housing attitudes of the American public, 2001-2005	p. 81
Racial and ethnic residential segregation and the role of socioeconomic status, 1980-2000	p. 107
How integrated did we become during the 1990s?	p. 123
Implementing the federal fair housing act : the adjudication of complaints	p. 143
Fair housing enforcement and changes in discrimination between 1989 and 2000 : an exploratory study	p. 177
National fair housing policy and its (perverse) effects on local advocacy	p. 203
Creating a fair housing system that works for latinos	p. 229
The effectiveness of fair housing programs and policy options	p. 253
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Fragile Rights Within Cities Government, Housing, and Fairness

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