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Mayoral Views on Racism and Discrimination

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance

This report draws on the 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors to explore how mayors of medium-sized and large cities understand race, discrimination, and equity in their communities. It highlights three key findings: mayors believe that immigrants, transgender individuals, Black people, and...

Addressing Segregation and Unequal Access to Opportunity in California with Affordable Housing Investments: A Path Forward for a Comprehensive Approach

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source California Housing Partnership

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing

Racial segregation has blocked access to housing and pathway to homeownership. This report argues that to address this injustice, California must make substantial efforts to distribute funding to mitigate the racial wealth gap, through policy focused on increasing housing choice and...

2006 Nassau County Local Law 9 Prohibiting Housing Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) New York

Source Nassau County Legislature

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits owners, landlords, and management companies from refusing to sell, rent, or lease housing accommodations to any person because of their actual or perceived protected status. It also creates the Commission on Human Rights, which can refer complaints of discrimination...

Injustice at Every Turn: A Report on the National Transgender Discrimination Study

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source National Center for Transgender Equality

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Education

This report investigates the discrimination transgender individuals face in education, employment, housing, public accommodations, health care, prisons, in the family, and when updating ID documents. By surveying 6,450 transgender and gender non-conforming study participants, the...

Who Can Afford to Rent in California's Many Regions?

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source California Housing Partnership

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing

Housing in California has been setting record prices for years now. Rental prices have also reached unprecedented levels sparking concerns about living costs. This policy brief highlights the reality of rental cost burdens for Californians who earn less than their county's median...

2023 Kansas City Ordinance 231019 Banning Housing Discrimination Based On Income

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Missouri

Source Kansas City Missouri Office of the City Clerk

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing

The Kansas City Housing Choice Voucher Program was designed to increase opportunities for low-income families and reduce concentrated poverty, but it often fails because many property owners will not accept public housing vouchers. This ordinance amends existing Kansas City Civil...

California State Senate Bill AB1816

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) California

Source California State Senate

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing

Responding to the structural injustices that push recently incarcerated people into homelessness, California AB1816 creates the Reentry Housing and Workforce Development Program to provide county-level grants for housing and workforce development services for people recently released...

LGBT and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, National

State(s) All States

Source Williams Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing

Compared to non-LGBT people, LGBT people appear to be more likely to face housing unaffordability, experience homelessness, and be renters (rather than homeowners). LGBT people face an array of stigma and discrimination across their life course that undermines their ability to have...

Advancing Pennsylvania's Housing Futures: Sealing Eviction Records for Housing Stability and Economic Prosperity

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level State

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source PolicyLink

Policy Areas Housing

Eviction records can cause irreparable harm to families, disrupt workforce participation, and strain support systems. These impacts are disproportionately felt by Black and Latinx women. To create a more fair and equitable rental housing market, states such as Pennsylvania enact legislation...

2010 Madison Equal Opportunity Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source City of Madison

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This ordinance requires the City of Madison to provide equal opportunities to housing, employment, public accommodations and City facilities to all persons. The City shall not discriminate based on sex, race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, handicap/disability,...

Legal Protections for LGBT People After Bostock v. Clayton County

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Williams Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Education

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County affirmed that Title VII protects employees nationwide from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Courts have often looked to Title VII case law when interpreting analogous provisions...

Madison Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination in Employment, Housing, and Public Spaces

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Madison Department of Civil Rights

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Spaces, Economic Justice

This ordinance declares it unlawful to discriminate against any person based on their protected classes when selling or renting housing, hiring, allowing access to any place of public accommodation or amusement. It also establishes the Equal Opportunities Commission, tasked with receiving...

2010 St. Louis Ordinance 68715 Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Missouri

Source St. Louis City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing, Public Safety, Education

The ordinance prohibits discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry in housing, employment, education, services, public accommodations, and real property transactions...

2022 Lincoln Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Nebraska

Source Lincoln City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Spaces

This ordinance establishes the Manager of Lincoln Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Human Rights to protect resident's equal access to places of public accommodation or equal opportunity for housing or employment. Any person subjected to unlawful discriminatory practices...

Phase One Report: RainReady Chatham

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

Chatham, a village in central Illinois, has been susceptible to flooding since the area was first developed in the 1860s. Today, many Chatham residents and business owners experience chronic basement flooding, which is caused by backups in the city sewer system and seepage through...

Know Your Rights: Fair Housing and Transgender People

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2012

Level State

State(s) All States

Source National Center for Transgender Equality

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing

Recent federal guidance and regulations have greatly strengthened the housing rights of transgender people. This document lists the housing rights of transgender people (including the laws that protect them), answers common questions, and outlines how they can file complaints of housing...

Short-Term Rentals and LA's Lost Housing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

In March 2015, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) released Airbnb, Rising Rent, and the Housing Crisis in Los Angeles. That report, based on data gathered in October 2014, found that Airbnb listings were dominated by commercial operations and were exacerbating the...

2012 Flint Ordinance 111526 Prohibiting Housing Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Flint City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Health

The ordinance prohibits race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, condition of pregnancy, marital status, physical or mental limitation, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or actual or perceived HIV status from being factored into the decision...

California State Senate Bill SB490

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) California

Source California State Senate

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement, Housing

Recognizing the need for intervention in the housing market, California passed bill SB490 to create the Housing Acquisition and Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Program (HARTAP). HARTAP will help qualified entities -including eligible non-profits, community land trusts, public...

Roadmap Home 2030: A Roadmap to Thriving Communities for California

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source Housing California

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Housing

Decades of inequality have limited access to affordable housing in the state of California, limiting economic equity and harming communities. This report proposes a roadmap for California to address the four main problems with housing: (1) create 1.2 million new affordable homes;...

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