The Need for An "Economic Fair Housing Act" with Richard Kahlenberg

The Fair Housing Act passed in 1968, which prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, religion, national origin, and, since 1974, sex. Our guest this week believes we need another amendment that will prohibit discrimination in housing based on economic status. Although racism and sexism are seen as overtly bad, Richard Kahlenberg notes that Americans are much more ambivalent, or even supportive, of discrimination based on class. The result is that our communities are segregated based on income, resulting in bad outcomes not only for those less off, but also the wealthy families that support these divisions.

You can listen to The Need for An "Economic Fair Housing Act" with Richard Kahlenberg online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

The Need for An "Economic Fair Housing Act" with Richard Kahlenberg is an episode from Elevate Maryland by Tom Coale.

This episode is 34:16 long.

This episode was published on Jun 16, 2021.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Elevate Maryland when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.