Deep Dive: Fair Housing (Rebroadcast)
The Takeaway
English - July 04, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDaily News News Politics news politics radio national takeaway wnyc Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and even Loving v. Virginia, one major issue around the racial justice movement remained unaddressed: fair housing.
On April 11, 1968 President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Fair Housing Act into law. Because of this, April is National Fair Housing Month. All month, advocates, organizers, and communities commemorate this landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation which outlawed discrimination in housing.
On this episode of The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren take a Deep Dive into the history and current state of fair housing in America, 54 years after the passage of the National Fair Housing Act.
Guests:
Lisa Rice, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance
Jim McCarthy, President/CEO of Miami Valley Fair Housing Center
Michael Allen, Attorney and Partner at Relman Colfax
Ava Deakin, lead plaintiff in Deakin v. Old Town Triangle Association
Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia