Dispelling the myth of the affordable housing bogeyman”
“The scariest thing you’ll see this summer is not a genetically modified dinosaur noshing on nameless tourists in whatever iteration of Jurassic Park we’re up to, but rather the Obama administration’s forthcoming final rule to affirmatively further fair housing. Well, that’s what the rule’s opponents would like you to believe.”
Elayne Weiss in Housing Wire REwired, http://www.housingwire.com/blogs/1-rewired/post/34295-dispelling-the-myth-of-the-affordable-housing-bogeyman
Supreme Court: Fair Housing Act claims can use “disparate impact”
“We applaud the Supreme Court for its decision today in ensuring that disparate impact will remain a safeguard against covert and unintended discrimination,” said Sheila Crowley, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. “Everyone deserves an opportunity to have adequate housing. If discriminatory practices are allowed it decreases the opportunities for everyone—but especially for those most vulnerable in society—to live the American dream.”
Sheila Crowley in Housing Wire,