Housing Market Discrimination

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Chapter 22 - Housing Market Discrimination

from Part III - Problems of Discrimination and Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2018

W. Dennis Keating

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A. Javier Treviño

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A. Javier Treviño: Affiliation:
Wheaton College, Massachusetts

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Discrimination in housing has long been a problem. While discrimination based on racial and ethnic differences has received more attention, there are many other forms of discrimination affecting other groups, such as the disabled. In the United States, discrimination against African Americans following their emancipation resulting from the Civil War has continued in various forms. Political and legal opposition to racial discrimination has resulted in landmark legislation and judicial decisions aimed at ending discrimination in housing. Despite these precedents, housing discrimination continues. Most notably in the United States is the pattern of continued segregation in much of housing, both in urban and suburban areas. Housing discrimination is different in Europe, where it is largely directed against minority immigrants who mostly reside in enclaves, which governments have sought to improve. The UN proclaims that housing discrimination violates the universal Right to Adequate Housing.

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems , pp. 409 - 422

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656184.023 [Opens in a new window]

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