{"product_id":"the-fight-for-fair-housing-9781138682542","title":"The Fight for Fair Housing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 was passed in a time of turmoil, conflict, and often conflagration in cities across the nation. It took the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to finally secure its passage. The Kerner Commission warned in 1968 that to continue present policies is to make permanent the division of our country into two societies; one largely Negro and poor, located in the central cities; the other, predominantly white and affluent, located in the suburbs and outlying areas. The Fair Housing Act was passed with a dual mandate: to end discrimination and to dismantle the segregated living patterns that characterized most cities. \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Fair Housing \u003c\/i\u003etells us what happened, why, and what remains to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the many forms of housing discrimination and segregation, and associated consequences, have been documented. At the same time, significant progress has been made in counteracting disc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Fight for Fair Housing \u003c\/em\u003edocuments the absolute necessity of fair housing enforcement and chronicles the history of the quest for fairness in the places where Americans live.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHenry Cisneros, Chairman of CityView and former Secretary of HUD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Fight for Fair Housing\u003c\/em\u003e provides the definitive account of the nation’s struggle to realize the goals of the Fair Housing Act, and it does so through the eyes of the scholars who have chronicled the story and the activists who continue the battle for what is right, good and fair.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheryll Cashin, author of Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Fair Housing Act has been critically important for families, communities, and all segments of the housing industry. \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Fair Housing \u003c\/i\u003eeducates us about the continued need to dismantle barriers, ultimately moving us closer to being a nation where fair housing and equal opportunity are the norm in all communities.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteve Rasmussen, CEO Nationwide \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fifty years have passed since the signing of the Fair Housing Act, the most important housing reform that the civil rights era produced. The expert contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe Fight for Fair Housing \u003c\/i\u003ereexamine the law’s purpose, impact and legacy. But from the old days of racially restrictive housing covenants and overt redlining to today’s new challenges of gentrification and dislocation, the message is clear: The battle to protect equal housing rights does not end. It only changes form.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClarence Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Chicago Tribune's Washington Bureau\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e The Legacy of a Movement \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fair Housing Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Jim Crow to Fair Housing \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Legislative Battle for the Fair Housing Act (1966-1968) \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Costs of Segregation and the Benefits of the Fair Housing Act \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e More Than Just Race: Proliferation of Protected Groups and the Increasing Influence of the Act \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Fair Housing Act: A Tool for Expanding Access to Quality Credit \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Rocky Road Home: Latino Immigration and Fair Housing in California \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the ‘Perpetual Foreigner’ to the ‘Model Minority’ to the ‘New Transnational Elite’: The Residential Segregation of Asian Americans \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e At the Intersection of Criminal Justice and Fair Housing \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Legacy and the Promise of Disparate Impact \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: The Mandate to End Segregation \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Opportunity Communities: Overcoming the Debate over Mobility v. Place-Based Strategies \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fair Housing and Stable Suburban Integration \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Intersections of Race and Class: Zoning, Affordable Housing, and Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Living Downstream: The Fair Housing Act at Fifty \u003cb\u003eAfterword \u003c\/b\u003eEnding Segregation: The Fair Housing Act’s Unfinished Business \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577840669015,"sku":"9781138682542","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fight-for-fair-housing-9781138682542","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}