By Charlene Crowell Recent whistleblower complaints of systemic dismantling of fair housing and civil rights enforcement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have led … [Read more...]
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The Fair Housing Act: 50 Years Later
Fifty Years Later, Fair Housing Act Recognized as a Factor in Fighting Housing Discrimination By Christopher G. Cox (Publisher/Managing Editor, realesavvy.com) One of the signature … [Read more...]
GMAR Honors Fair Housing Act and Milwaukee Protestors
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Fifty years ago, the youth of Milwaukee marched, they marched in spite of the cold, they marched despite the cynics, the marched for each other and for future generations … [Read more...]
Bar Associations Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Open Housing Marches and Passage of Fair Housing Act
Milwaukee, WI - The Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association and the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fair housing marches and … [Read more...]
The Unequal Mortgage Market is No Coincidence
By Michela Zonta, published by the Center for American Progress Persistent racial and ethnic inequality in the mortgage market is not a coincidence. Nearly 50 years after the adoption of the … [Read more...]