The Evolving Challenges of Fair Housing Since 1968:
Open Housing, Integration, and the Reduction of Ghettoization
George C. Galster, Wayne State University
Abstract
As the legislative history surrounding the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Polikoff, 1986),
subsequent court rulings (for example, Zuch v. Hussey, 1975), and Federal policy pronouncements
(Smith, 1993), make clear there are multiple fair housing goals. Three are relevant for this article:
- The elimination of differential treatment, which discriminates on the basis of race.
- The creation of stable, racially diverse neighborhoods.
- The reduction of ghettos occupied by poor minority households.
I believe that we have made, at best, only halting -- far from satisfactory -- progress since 1968 in
achieving the first two goals. Moreover, we have clearly regressed with regard to the last goal.
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