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Housing segregation rampant

Report slams HUD's fair-housing enforcement

By Inman News, Tuesday, December 9, 2008.

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Discrimination in housing and lending continues to produce "extreme levels of residential segregation" 40 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, according to a comprehensive report by a bipartisan commission chaired by former housing secretaries Jack Kemp and Henry Cisneros.

The report, which follows on the heels of hearings in five cities from July to October, found "severe and ongoing problems" with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's enforcement of fair-housing laws, and room for improvement in housing programs that may be promoting, rather than preventing, racial segregation.

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