The Policy Surveillance Program at Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research updated two datasets, one on state fair housing protections and another on city nuisance property ordinances. The state fair housing protections dataset identifies key features of state fair housing laws in effect from August 2017 to August 2019. The city nuisance property ordinances dataset identifies key features of nuisance ordinances in the 40 most populous cities during the same time period. The datasets are displayed on interactive maps that allow users to compare laws across the country and to filter for specific protections. For instance, users can see which states had source-of-income nondiscrimination laws and which states had laws imposing a duty to affirmatively further fair housing.
The Policy Surveillance Program currently offers 88 datasets on a variety of topics connected to public health laws and policies, including five related to housing. Users can also find data on local inclusionary zoning laws, local just-cause eviction and retaliation laws, and state landlord-tenant laws. The data are collected through systematic scans of state and local laws.
The state fair housing protections map can be accessed at: https://bit.ly/2vvc46m
The city nuisance property ordinances map can be accessed at: https://bit.ly/2TC3Xg9