Examines cases of residential desegregation and the effects it has on school desegregation. (MK)

Overviews the history of school desegregation in Akron, Ohio. Discusses a recently decided court case in which parents from Akron alleged that intentional segregated housing patterns contributed to school segregation. (MK)

Surveys the Black family's position vis-a-vis housing, in terms of "no-children" policies, home ownership, and fair-housing and equal opportunity laws in practice. Argues that the future looks no more promising than the present and that Blacks must mobilize to preserve their neighborhoods. (CMG)

A disproportionate number of black Americans continue to be ill-housed despite government efforts to overcome this problem. Five factors contribute to this: government policies, which often perpetuate unequal housing markets; the disproportionate number of minority families who are renters rather than homeowners; residential segregation and…

THE COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS HAS FOUND THAT HOUSING IS THE ONE COMMODITY IN THE AMERICAN MARKET THAT IS NOT FREELY AVAILABLE ON EQUAL TERMS TO EVERYONE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY. TO A LARGE EXTENT, THE WASHINGTON, D.C., METROPOLITAN AREA IS RACIALLY SEGREGATED IN ITS HOUSING PATTERN, WITH DISCRIMINATION AS THE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. THE…

Case study focuses on Omaha, Nebraska, between the years of 1880 and 1920, where closer examination of ethnic residential patterns have established that around the turn of the century, clustering of national groups did not exist in degrees as strong as assumptions about the American ghetto'' suggest. (RJ)

Describes residential segregation and housing discrimination in Houston (Texas) between 1975 and 1982 based on complaints filed with the City of Houston Fair Housing Division. Most complaints of racial discrimination originated in districts with majority white populations, but complaints of sex discrimination occurred in all neighborhoods. (FMW)

Racial residential segregation has been a persistent feature of the American housing market. At least three distinct theories have been presented to explain this racial segregation. The "class" theory claims that, due to disproportionate overrepresentation of blacks in lower income classes, they will be overrepresented in lower quality housing…

This article traces federal housing policies related to single family home ownership from their creation in the 1930s to the present. It focuses on policies of the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board as well as other federal regulators of financial institutions. (Author/RLV)

This report of racial discrimination in housing throughout the United States measures the nature and extent of discrimination against blacks in both the sales and rental housing market. The report is based upon the findings of 300 whites and 300 blacks, working in matched pairs, who shopped for housing advertised in the newspapers of forty…

Although the United States has been described as a nation of homeowners, homeownership is not uniformly distributed across population groups. The migration of individuals to Houston, Texas, has intensified the competition for decent housing in that city. The rapid population growth has also accelerated the competition between lower and…

Presents a measure of racial residential segregation which conforms to the traditional attributes of segregation indices, but includes sensitivity to the spatial patterns of White and non-White residence in a city. Reviews earlier measures, describes the new one, and applies it to racial housing patterns in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1890. (KH)

This report shows that 30 years after the enactment of the federal fair housing law and despite favorable circumstances, housing markets in the Boston metropolitan area remain strongly segregated. The report is based on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data and census data. The HMDA data provide information about the race, ethnicity, income,…

Analyses and evidence presented suggest that suppliers of low-income housing are caught in a tightening vise of contracting demand and rising costs. (DM)