Measuring Housing Discrimination in a National Study: Report of a Workshop (New Findings on Welfare and Children's Development: Summary of a Research Briefing) - Softcover

Committee On National Statistics; National Research Council; National Academy Of Sciences; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309083257 ISBN 13: 9780309083256

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2002

Synopsis

Federal law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of seven protected classes including race. Despite 30 years of legal prohibition under the Fair Housing Act, however, there is evidence of continuing discrimination in American housing, as documented by several recent reports. In 1998, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded a $7.5 million independently conducted Housing Discrimination Survey (HDS) of racial and ethnic discrimination in housing rental, sales, and lending markets (Public Law 105-276). This survey is the third such effort sponsored by HUD. Its intent is to provide a detailed understanding of the patterns of discrimination in housing nationwide. In 1999, the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Research Council (NRC) was asked to review the research design and analysis plan for the 2000 HDS and to offer suggestions about appropriate sampling and analysis procedures. The review took the form of a workshop that addressed HUD's concerns about the adequacy of the sample design and analysis plan, as well as questions related to the measurement of various aspects of discrimination and issues that might bias the results obtained. The discussion also explored alternative methodologies and research needs. In addition to addressing methodological and substantive issues related specifically to the HDS, the workshop examined broader questions related to the measurement of discrimination.

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Committee on National Statistics, Angela Williams Foster, Faith Mitchell, and Stephen E. Fienberg, Editors, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0309083257
• ISBN 13: 9780309083256
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 88
• Editor: Foster Angela Williams, Mitchell Faith, Fienberg Stephen E.