Broschiertes Buch

The Fight for Fair Housing

Causes, Consequences, and Future Implications of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing ACT

Herausgeber: Squires, Gregory D

Beschreibung

The Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 was passed at a time of turmoil, conflict, and conflagration in cities across the nation. The Fair Housing Act was passed with a dual mandate, to end discrimination and to dismantle the segregated living patterns that characterized most cities. This book tells us what happened, why and what remains to be done.

Autor

Gregory D. Squires is a professor of sociology and public policy and public administration at George Washington University. Currently he is a member of the Advisory Board of the John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center in Chicago, the Fair Housing Task Force of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Social Science Advisory Board of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in Washington, D.C. He has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council and as a staff member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781138682542
• ISBN-10: 1138682543
• Artikelnr.: 49611723