How to Fix Racist Housing Policies: Sue the Suburbs Strengthening U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's civil rights enforcement could send a powerful signal to communities resistant to changing discriminatory housing rules. February 25, 2021, 8am PST | Diana Ionescu | Paul Sableman A quick glance at current statistics shows the stark and continuing legacy of housing discrimination policies in American cities, writes Jerusalem Demsas for Vox. Studies show that "moving to a wealthier neighborhood not only increased the likelihood that kids would go to college, but also increased earnings by roughly 31 percent by the time they’d reached their mid-20s." Yet neighborhoods remain largely segregated, with many areas inaccessible to the average family.