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Omaha Fair Housing Campaign: We Can End Source of Income Discrimination
What is a source of income (SOI) protection law? Everyone deserves a safe place to live, regardless of what lawful income they use to pay for it. SOI laws prevent landlords from discriminating against people solely because they use disability benefits, social security, veterans benefits, housing vouchers…
Four Bills We’re Following at the North Carolina Legislature
North Carolina legislators have introduced a slate of bills to make it easier to build housing by barring many of the local zoning codes initially used to maintain segregation. The four bipartisan bills include: SB 495/HB 627, by Sen. Julie Mayfield (Asheville) and four other cosponsors,…
Shared Struggles, Standing with Immigrant Communities
Citizenship and residential segregation intersect in ways that drastically impact access to rights, opportunities, and quality of life. With threats to birthright citizenship and against our immigrant neighbors taking shape as official policy, Redress is taking on a call to action to organize in solidarity with tenants…
Using City Power to Prevent Evictions: Lessons from Tanglewood
Residential segregation may seem like a relic of the past, but its harmful legacy continues to impact Black communities today. Decades of disinvestment and discriminatory housing policies have left many neighborhoods vulnerable to exploitation and instability. These effects became painfully clear at Tanglewood Apartments in Charlotte, NC,…