Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
Contents
Separate worlds, separate lives -- Lyndon Johnson and the Fair Housing Act -- George Romney's blueprint for suburban integration -- Richard Nixon, centralization, and the policymaking process -- Suburban segregation from Gerald Ford to Bill Clinton -- The federal courts and suburban segregation.
Summary
This book examines national fair housing policy from 1960 through 2000. It argues that a principal reason for suburban housing segregation lies in Richard Nixon's 1971 fair housing policy, which directed Federal agencies not to place pressure on suburbs to accept low-income housing.
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