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HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES 2012 Prepared for: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, D.C. Prepared by: Margery Austin Turner Rob Santos Diane K. Levy Doug Wissoker Claudia Aranda Rob Pitingolo The Urban Institute June 2013
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project could not have been completed successfully without the commitment and hard work of test coordinators, advance contact staff, testers, and other staff of the local testing organizations that participated. A panel of expert advisors made valuable contributions to our understanding of changes in rental and sales housing markets, analysis of tester racial and ethnic identifiability, and other protocol design and data analysis challenges. Panel members (and their organizational affiliations at the time of the study) were John Baugh (Washington University); James Follain (James R. Follain, LLC); Fred Freiberg (Fair Housing Justice Center); George Galster (Wayne State University); Carla Herbig (Department of Justice); Anne Houghtaling (National Fair Housing Alliance, HOPE Fair Housing Center); William Loges (Oregon State University); Stephen Ross (University of Connecticut); Greg Squires (George Washington University); and Shanna Smith (National Fair Housing Alliance). The authors also thank Urban Institute colleagues who contributed to the successful completion of this research. Specifically, the regional coordinators worked closely with the local testing organizations to ensure tests were conducted to the highest standards, and they provided valuable input to the full research team on testing protocols and analysis. Coordinators included Rani Bush, Maurice Destouet, Chris Healy, Katie Koopman, Thu Nguyen, and Sarale Sewell. David D’Orio designed the Web-based data system used to enter and share testing information, and he developed and managed the process for electronically sampling ads from online sources; Austin Nichols, Jenny Kenney, and Tim Waidmann provided helpful advice on analysis issues; Matt Rogers drafted the site-specific research findings and provided other editorial and research support; Tim Meko turned data into infographics to help better convey findings; Fiona Blackshaw provided excellent editing and formatting services; and Tim Ware assisted us throughout the study with project administration, including preparations for this final report. Finally, Judson James and Carol Star from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research provided excellent guidance and oversight throughout this research effort. Despite the generous contributions from these individuals and organizations, any errors and omissions that may remain in this report are, of course, our own. All views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RACIAL AND ETHN IC MINORITIES 2012 vii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������xi I� INTRODUCTION ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 Background .......................................................................................................................................................1 Goals for the 2012 Housing Discrimination Study ...........................................................................................2 Strengths and Limitations of Paired Testing ......................................................................................................3 Organization of Report .....................................................................................................................................4 II� PAIRED TESTING PROTOCOLS AND FIELD MANAGEMENT ���������������������������������������������������������������5 Rental Testing Protocols ....................................................................................................................................6 Sales Testing Protocols ......................................................................................................................................8 Data Collection Oversight, Management, and Quality Control........................................................................9 III� SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS METHODS ���������������&