“Don’t Blame Stokely Carmichael”: The Need for Federal Fair Housing Leadership

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2021

Abstract

President Joe Biden recently issued a series of executive actions to address racial inequity in housing. Among them, he acknowledged the government’s discriminatory housing practices that contributed to today’s persistent residential segregation and directed the federal government to allocate resources to address the historic failure to invest in communities of color. These actions are historic in two ways—their indictment of the federal government’s unclean hands and recognition of the need for federal leadership to affirmatively repair its damage. This essay explores what these broad proclamations should yield in practice. It advocates elevating fair housing from one department to a cabinet-level coordinating body, similar to the President’s Fair Housing Council.

Publication Title

Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law

First Page

555

Last Page

566

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