By Philip Tegeler a chapter in The Erosion of Rights: Declining Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Bush Administration (A Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights Report, 2007). Synopsis: All government housing programs operate in the context of housing markets that tend to sort people by race and class, a tendency that is further distorted by government interventions like … [Read more...] about New Directions for U.S. Housing Policy (Philip Tegeler, 2007)
Publications
Are States Using the Low Income Tax Credit to Enable Families with Children to Live in Low Poverty and Racially Integrated Neighborhoods? (PRRAC & National Fair Housing Alliance Report, July 2006)
A PRRAC and National Fair Housing Alliance Report (July 2006). By Jill Khadduri, Larry Buron, and Carissa Climaco. Excerpt: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) produced nearly 1.3 million units of rental housing between the start of the program, in 1987, and 2003, surpassing the size of the public housing program. In recent years, some 100,000 units per year have been … [Read more...] about Are States Using the Low Income Tax Credit to Enable Families with Children to Live in Low Poverty and Racially Integrated Neighborhoods? (PRRAC & National Fair Housing Alliance Report, July 2006)
A Right to Housing: Foundation for a New Social Agenda (Edited by Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, & Chester Hartman, February 2006)
Temple University Press (February 2006). Edited by Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, & Chester Hartman. Excerpt: "In the 1949 Housing Act, Congress declared "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family" our national housing goal. Today, little more than half a century later, upwards of 100 million people in the United States live in housing that … [Read more...] about A Right to Housing: Foundation for a New Social Agenda (Edited by Rachel Bratt, Michael Stone, & Chester Hartman, February 2006)
Poverty & Race in America: The Emerging Agendas (PRRAC, February 2006)
A PRRAC Publication (February 2006). The 3rd “Best of Poverty & Race” volume edited by Chester Hartman with a foreword by Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. Description: Features over six dozen pieces originally published in Poverty & Race between mid-2001 and 2005, with sections covering Race/Racism, Poverty, Education, Housing, Health, and Democracy. The 91 contributors to … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race in America: The Emerging Agendas (PRRAC, February 2006)
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina (Edited by Gregory Squires & Chester Hartman, 2006)
By Gregory Squires & Chester Hartman, ed., Routledge 2006. Synopsis: There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down on record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government’s inept and cavalier response. But it is … [Read more...] about There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina (Edited by Gregory Squires & Chester Hartman, 2006)
