Podcast Episode 23: The mandate to affirmatively further fair housing
There is no question that the impetus for Congress passing and President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1968 Fair HousingContinue Reading
Tag: Inclusive Communities Project
Master leases provide relief to voucher holders discriminated against in search for for decent housing
Only one in four people who qualify for rental assistance in this country receive it. It’s no wonder that gettingContinue Reading
Suit filed to overturn Texas prohibition on source of income protection for voucher holders
In Texas, there is a law formally protecting landlord discrimination against people with housing vouchers, most of whom are African-American. A lawsuit filed Thursday inContinue Reading
An important look at the context behind Supreme Court case on Texas housing segregation
This week’s cover story in the Fort Worth Weekly illustrates exactly why the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The InclusiveContinue Reading
Dallas Morning News editorial: High court must not perpetuate segregation
In a strongly worded editorial the Dallas Morning News has called on the US Supreme Court to reject the StateContinue Reading
A Texas houser’s thoughts on the State of Texas’ appeal of the Dallas fair housing case to the Supreme Court
As a whole, Texas has made some real progress toward equal opportunity and fair housing in the forty-six years sinceContinue Reading
Supreme Court agrees to hear State of Texas’ appeal of Inclusive Communities v. State of Texas
The United States Supreme Court agreed today to hear and appeal in Inclusive Communities Project v. Texas Department of HousingContinue Reading
Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers
Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. TexasContinue Reading
Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act
This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the StateContinue Reading