GEOG 26800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Catherine Bauer Wurster, Family, Protected Group
31 Aug 2016
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Betty thomspon active volunteer with local (washington park) advisory council that gathers to effect change at cha. She"s the vice president and lives at lake park place. Fair housing and housing discrimination: act became law in "68, was strengthened (penalties bigger and dept of justice grown) in "98, protected class. Not income source (on federal level can discriminate against voucher recipients. Recommendations: open up application to state residents, not just city residents so that people have more freedom of movement, reduce labeling for voucher recipients, make application lead to more direct payment. Make the lease acquisition more anonymous: more training for security guards, and use doormen/concierges to encourage housing quality over the feeling of a prison-type lockdown. Demographics of high rises changed in the 70s as single women (wives of service men) moved in and respect declined, people working moved out. Federal government moved in people who weren"t responsible tried to cement voting blocs by specifically constructing neighborhoods.
