Gulfport Another day, another dollar, and again a judge, this time a federal one, pulls the rope up to ground again to take another small step in preventing the country from going to hell in a hand basket. The judge, Beryl Howell, of the prestigious U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, overturned a …
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Not the Doctor to Fix America’s Housing and Urban Issues
New Orleans It is hard to escape the feeling that the only reason that President-elect Trump is preparing to recommend Dr. Ben Carson as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is because he is an African-American, and that somehow aligns with Trump’s view of those parts of urban America where he …
Fair Housing Assessment Should be an Organizing Handle – Is it?
New Orleans The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is trying to do something about the continuing polarization of our communities by race, class, and ethnicity, so let’s give them some credit for that. In a new rule last year they tried to put some teeth in the Fair Housing Act of 1968, by …