By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research The HUD budget was the big story the last week of March in housing law and equity. Here’s the week in review for March 27-April 2: The largest story in housing is still the looming HUD budget cuts. The New York Times ran a story of…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Our weekly update of the latest news in housing law for health and equity, for the week of March 20-27, including one piece written by our own Abraham Gutman: Philadelphia city council held a hearing to evaluate the impact of the evictions on the lives of…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Here’s the latest news in housing equity and law, from March 13-20, 2017: Inspired by Matthew Desmond’s award winning book, “Evicted,” the Reinvestment Fund published research mapping eviction rates in Philadelphia. Now, the pressure on the city to act on eviction is piling up. Deborah Ross,…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research CPHLR is joining forces with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) for a free, two-part webinar series on public health law research and policy data evaluation. Public Health Law Research Part I: Creating and Using Open-Source Policy Data for Public Health Evaluation…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It was a national and international first week of March in housing equity and law. Here are some of the big stories from the field March 6-12, 2017: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to cut domestic spending. Now the administration is considering a $6…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Join us for the 2017 Policy Surveillance Summer Institute. Learn more and register today! Space is limited and registration closes on May 1.
Editor’s Note: This is an update of the post “Second Amendment Rights and Mental Illness,” originally published on September 1, 2015. By Mariam Ahmed, JD/MSPP In September 2015, we offered a glimpse of the current landscape of laws addressing mental health and gun violence. Many of the laws addressed public safety concerns that arose from…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Lots of questions and debate this week in housing equity and law. Here’s the latest for the week of February 21-27, 2017: After a win for the Civil Gideon movement in New York, Next City asks if other cities could follow New York City’s lead and…
By Scott Burris This week was all about fair housing. Particularly, the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing rule and recent attempts to dismantle it. Here’s the round-up for last week, January 29 – February 5, 2017: Two bills are attempting to abolish the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing rule of the Obama administration. A review of Fair…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Last week, January 23-29, 2017, saw a mix of national and local-level housing news. Here’s our round-up for the past week: Surprising some on the “Warren-wing” of the Democratic Party, Elizabeth Warren came out in support of Dr. Ben Carson as the 17th Secretary of Housing…
