open housing
Nondiscriminatory property sales
Open housing refers to the policy or practice of making residential property available to buyers or renters regardless of race, religion, or national origin.
The term emerged from the civil rights movement and fair housing legislation of the 1960s, which sought to end discriminatory practices in real estate.
An open housing law prohibits landlords and sellers from refusing to deal with prospective occupants based on protected characteristics: The city passed an open housing ordinance in 1968.
- inclusionary zoningPolicy requiring affordable housing
- mixed incomeCombining different wealth levels
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
- civil rights movementOrganized effort against discrimination
racial integration · tenant protections · economic equity · homeownership · social justice · zoning ordinances · community development · gentrification · property values · rent control · eviction moratorium · tenant unions · Section 8 · suburban sprawl · accessibility standards · lease agreements · urban planning
- LBJ EraLBJ, Great Society, Vietnam War, War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act
- integrationintegration, synthesis, fusion, merging, unifying
open housinghousing discrimination
Unequal treatment in property access
housing segregation · redlining · racial covenants · blockbusting · steering
open housingresidential segregation
Separation of neighborhoods by group
racial segregation · ghettoization · de facto segregation · ghetto · white flight
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