post Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections | NBC News While HUD Secretary Ben Carson pledged to fix low-income housing, the number of properties cited for health and safety violations has been on the rise.African American Economics African American Health KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Willoughby AvenueNovember 27, 2018
post City Caught Trying To Grab Senior Citizen’s Brownstone | Kings County Politics “Home-ownership is one of the most important ways a family is able to build and transfer wealth from one generation to the next. In that light, and with the ever-increasing cost of living in this city, preserving home ownership opportunities is critical in predominantly black and brown communities like ours...” African American Commuities African American Economics Housing Housing Discrimination KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineSeptember 21, 2018
post ‘It Does Something to Your Soul When Everyone Losing Their Homes Looks Like You’ | Politico In Durham, a young lawyer raised in public housing teaches elite law students to save poor people from eviction.African American Commuities African American Economics African American News Housing Housing Discrimination KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineJune 1, 2018June 1, 2018
post Fifty years later, Fair Housing Act recognized as a factor in fighting housing discrimination | New York Amsterdam News “Dr. King had been a strong supporter of the Fair Housing Act, openly pushing for it in Chicago in 1967...”African American Commuities African American History African American News African American PoliticsApril 25, 2018March 31, 2019
post Undoing the Dirty Deed: How ‘Whites Only’ Language from Restrictive Housing Covenants Remain on Deeds Across The Country | Atlanta Black Star Unfortunately, well into the second decade of the 21st century, discrimination in the housing market against African-Americans remains far from rare. African American Economics African American Families African American History African American News Black History KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Race RacismApril 24, 2018
post Develop Detroit cultivates affordable housing in the Motor City | Michigan Chronicle Since its inception in June, 2015, Develop Detroit, which received startup capital from JPMorgan Chase, has been on a mission that focuses on real estate development and providing living opportunities that meet the real needs of Detroiters.African American Commuities African American Economics African American News Detroit Economics Housing Housing Discrimination KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine RaceApril 23, 2018
post ‘Segregation Had to Be Invented’ – The Atlantic During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today.African American History African American News Black History KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineFebruary 21, 2017
post Housing inequality is a failure to govern, and the market is not the answer We need to change the way we think about housing. Like access to education and health, having a home is a human rightAfrican American Commuities Housing KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineDecember 2, 2016December 3, 2016
