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A THREAD: president is stoking housing fears. very old tactic that plays to race and racism. 1/ https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288509568578777088
the fair housing act of 1968 has a rule that obama enacted in 2015 that says municipalities that receive federal dollars should come up with a fair housing plan. @HUDgov even said we'll give you all the data on demographics 2/
then-hud secretary made the announcement in chicago on the site of the former stateway gardens public housing development pledging to fight segregation and poverty 3/
even before @SecretaryCarson took his hud cabinet position, he called this social engineering. because, well, redlining, racial restrictive covenants aren't. segregation is not about choice. 4/ https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/12/15/18344280/natalie-moore-racial-segregation-is-seldom-a-matter-of-choice
carson and trump have been gunning for this rule. carson suspended it earlier this year. the replaced rule says come up with a plan but you don't have to prove it 5/ https://www.wbez.org/stories/advocates-decry-the-trump-administrations-change-to-fair-housing-rule/ae575884-f867-49ef-95ea-d7a36b863fef
suburbs do a good job keeping out affordable housing through zoning and home rule in illinois 6/ https://www.wbez.org/stories/despite-mandate-affluent-suburbs-fail-to-build-affordable-housing/6977652e-6737-4e88-8d1e-394ed0c96cfe
sometimes residents fight for affordable housing and it becomes a community win 7/ https://www.wbez.org/stories/deerfield-residents-gather-to-reflect-and-to-resolve-a-history-of-resisting-integration/f266af5b-7328-4aae-bc8c-b248a1de56be
housing mobility is important as demonstrated in the dorothy gautreux case 8/ https://www.bpichicago.org/programs/housing-community-development/public-housing/gautreaux-lawsuit/
framing 'low-income' housing as something suburbs don't have to be bothered with is such a whistle that my ears hurt. 9/
