Many Americans think of their country as a welcoming “nation of immigrants,” yet our communities have a long history of ambivalence toward new arrivals and racial minorities. This is often expressed through segregation by race and income. In this book, some of the nation’s leading analysts and advocates show shy segregation persists and how it undermines education, job prospects, and even health and safety for millions of minorities and low-income families. Calling housing “the most important invisible social policy issue in America,” the book outlines and agenda to expand the geography of opportunity and assesses the political promise—and limits—of the movement for regional solutions. This project was sponsored by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University in collaboration with Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
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"An indespensable, comprehensive guide for changing the 'rules of the game' in American housing markets." --David Rusk, author of CITIES WITHOUT SUBURBS
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Xavier de Souza Briggs is associate professor of sociology and urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former senior policy official at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. William Julius Wilson is the Lewis F. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University.
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Fundamental to the American Dream is somewhere to call homea safe and welcoming "anchor place" where families are raised and memories are formed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
racial composition preferences, geographic steering, minority homeseekers, public housing transformation, dual mortgage market, further fair housing, building permit caps, fair housing movement, home purchase lending, fair housing testing, affordable housing advocates, qualified census tracts, fair housing advocacy, fair housing groups, housing mobility program, prejudice hypothesis, paired testing, fair share housing, agent encouragement, fair housing policy, local public housing agencies, suburban movers, housing agenda, fair housing advocates, national policy resources Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, African American, Twin Cities, Urban Institute, Harvard University, Los Angeles, Metropolitan Council, Fair Housing Act, Housing Studies, Russell Sage, Housing Policy Debate, National Academy Press, New Jersey, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Bruce Katz, John Goering, Mount Laurel, University of Chicago Press, Baltimore County, Camille Charles, Market Creek Plaza, Bipartisan Millennial Housing Commission, Census Bureau, Journal of the American Planning Association New!
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Fundamental to the American Dream is somewhere to call homea safe and welcoming "anchor place" where families are raised and memories are formed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
racial composition preferences, geographic steering, minority homeseekers, public housing transformation, dual mortgage market, further fair housing, building permit caps, fair housing movement, home purchase lending, fair housing testing, affordable housing advocates, qualified census tracts, fair housing advocacy, fair housing groups, housing mobility program, prejudice hypothesis, paired testing, fair share housing, agent encouragement, fair housing policy, local public housing agencies, suburban movers, housing agenda, fair housing advocates, national policy resources Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, African American, Twin Cities, Urban Institute, Harvard University, Los Angeles, Metropolitan Council, Fair Housing Act, Housing Studies, Russell Sage, Housing Policy Debate, National Academy Press, New Jersey, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Bruce Katz, John Goering, Mount Laurel, University of Chicago Press, Baltimore County, Camille Charles, Market Creek Plaza, Bipartisan Millennial Housing Commission, Census Bureau, Journal of the American Planning Association New!
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- American Apartheid by Nancy A. Denton on 8 pages
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- Crossing the Class and Color Lines: From Public Housing to White Suburbia by Leonard S. Rubinowitz on 6 pages
- Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America by David Rusk on 5 pages
- Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America by Committee on Improving the Future of U.S. Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance on 4 pages
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