By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research We’re back after a few weeks’ hiatus because of summer holidays. There was much ado this week about the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), spurred by an article in the NY Times (third bullet down). Some of the conversation circling that article are captured in…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It was a busy week in housing equity and the law! Here’s the news from the week of June 5-11, 2017: The National Low Income Housing Coalition published Out of Reach 2017, a comprehensive report and tool to assess housing affordability in the U.S. The tool…
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 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 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 Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Some interesting local-level developments in housing, equity and law last week. Here’s our round-up of the news from last week, February 6-12, 2017: What would happen if we stopped thinking about our home as an investment? Conor Dougherty of the New York Times argues that if…
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…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Here’s the latest in housing equity and law for the week of January 16-22, 2017: Although housing policy was absent from Trump’s campaign, and the 2016 election cycle in general, one of the first actions of the new administration was to suspend the FHA mortgage insurance…
