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The St. Louis Housing Authority is a landmark class-action lawsuit filed in 1952 in Saint Louis, Missouri to challenge explicit racial discrimination in public housing. The decision enjoined the Saint Louis Housing Authority from refusing to rent certain units to qualified African Americans.
The film has been a featured part of the exhibit titled "#1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis", [18] at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. The film was also nominated for the Sundance Film Festival.
Although racial discrimination in housing market processes is outlawed by several court decisions and legislation, there is evidence that it still occurs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] For example, an HUD Housing Market Practice survey found that African Americans felt discriminated against in the renting and/or buying process of housing. [ 1 ]
The Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988 did make a system of administrative law judges to hear housing discrimination cases to help against the illegal actions. Other examples of federal legislation may include increased federal legislation enforcement, scattered-site housing, [ 21 ] or state and local enforcement on a more concentrated level ...
A presentation and community discussion this week will look at historic discriminatory housing practices in Boone County. Presented by University of Missouri librarian Rachel Brekhus, the event ...
The Delmar Divide refers to Delmar Boulevard as a socioeconomic and racial dividing line in St. Louis, Missouri. The term was popularized outside Greater St. Louis by a four-minute documentary from the BBC. [1] Delmar Blvd. is an east–west street with its western terminus in the municipality of Olivette, Missouri extending into the City of St ...
A local St. Louis, Missouri, news station apologized after facing backlash for describing minority homeowners as "colored" during a broadcast. St. Louis news station apologizes after anchor ...
"The United States Supreme Court defines steering as a 'practice by which real estate brokers and agents preserve and encourage patterns of racial segregation in available housing by steering members of racial and ethnic groups to buildings occupied primarily by members of such racial and ethnic groups and away from buildings and neighborhoods ...