Articles that explore segments of the population often with unique needs and/or higher risks of housing instability. These include rural communities, low income households, veterans, minorities and women. This category also includes articles related to fair housing, including accessibility, discrminiation and interventions such as AFFH.
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Special Populations & Fair Housing Resources
A report by South Coast Fair Housing (SCFH), It’s About the Voucher: Source of Income Discrimination in Rhode Island, found the vast majority of recent online rental listings in Rhode Island are unavailable to House Choice Voucher (HCV) holders due to source-of-income discrimination.
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An article in Housing Policy Debate “Do Small Area Fair Market Rents Reduce Racial Disparities in the Voucher Program?” by Vincent Reina found that Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are associated with important but marginal improvements in accessing less disadvantaged neighborhoods for black…
A study by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Fair Housing Testing Project for the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, tested for source-of-income and racial discrimination in six neighborhoods of Chicago. Out of 70 fair-housing tests, 30 (43%) found source-of-income discrimination…
A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Where Families with Children Use Housing Vouchers: A Comparative Look at the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas, examines the neighborhood characteristics of rental housing affordable or leased to families using Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) in…