The Four Horsemen of the Fair Housing Apocalypse

A Critique of Fair Housing Policy in the USA

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2369963
AutoresR M Silverman (0000-0003-2155-7871, University at Buffalo, USA), Kelly L Patterson (0000-0001-8111-9668, University at Buffalo, USA)
Ano2012
Volume38
Fascículo1
Páginas123-140
Data de publicação2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920510396385
OpenAlexW2120626664
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas28

This article examines US fair housing policy from a critical perspective. We describe the impact of the expansion of neoliberal ideology on the fair housing assistance program (FHAP), the fair housing initiatives program (FHIP), and the scope of US Department of Justice activities. Prior findings from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and IRS Form 990 are summarized. We argue that neoliberalism has contributed to the underdevelopment, underfunding, and poor implementation of US fair housing policy. We offer three recommendations for fair housing reform. The first focuses on the need to remove fair housing activities from HUD and place them in an independent fair housing agency. The second focuses on the need for the federal government to mandate fair housing enforcement across all governmental programs and agencies. The third focuses on the need for increased lobbying, litigation, and activism by community-based advocacy organizations for reform

Affordable housing · Economic growth · Economics · Fair Housing Act · Fair use · Mandate · Political science · Sociology · Underdevelopment · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies