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…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research We’ve rounded up the latest news from the past week, January 9-15, 2017, for housing law and equity. The HUD confirmation hearing was, of course, the biggest news, but a few other items of note: Statement of Diane Yentel of the National Low Income Housing Coalition…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Q&A with Christopher Bonastia, PhD This is the first in a series of posts we will share during our research for our housing equity project. Have a suggestion for what we should read next? Let us know. In his 2006 book, Knocking on the Door: The…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Health equity in housing can be defined as the absence of disadvantage to individuals and communities in health outcomes, access to health and social services, and quality of health and social services based on a person’s dwelling or neighborhood. Lack of housing access, poor housing conditions,…
