Biden Administration Recognizes the Legacy of Housing Discrimination
In a memorandum, the President acknowledged the federal government s role in patterns of segregation and disinvestment that continue to affect communities of color across the country. February 10, 2021, 6am PST | Diana Ionescu |
President Biden s acknowledgement of the federal government s central role in creating and perpetuating today’s patterns of racial segregation, neighborhood disinvestment, housing insecurity, and racial wealth gaps takes an important step toward advancing racial equality in housing. Biden s recent actions recognize that facing the facts about our history is a necessary step toward long-overdue healing and provides the foundation for urgently needed policy changes, write Margery Austin Turner, Solomon Greene, and Martha M. Galvez, for the Urban Institute.
Latest Cityscape Features a Symposium Reflecting on Moving to Work
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The latest issue of
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research features a symposium reflecting on Moving to Work (MTW), a program authorized in 1996 giving public housing agencies (PHAs) flexibility in providing low-income housing assistance toward achieving three main objectives: improving cost effectiveness, promoting self-sufficiency among assisted households, and increasing housing choice for low-income families. This issue was guest edited by Elizabeth Rudd.
Martha M. Galvez, Ruth Gourevitch, and Benny Docter describe the 39 PHAs with MTW designations as of 2016 and the households they serve. The authors describe the similarities and differences between MTW agencies and non-participating agencies.