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*BOG GROUP* President Obama keeps marching! [View all]
President Obama is expanding on the recent Supreme Court ruling upheld in Fair Housing Act that discrimination does not have to be based just on intent to discriminate. HUD will now seriously consider defacto systemic outcomes in neighborhoods that result in discrimination, even if "accidental"!
Communities will have to implement corrective actions or face Federal funding cuts!
Outcomes! This is how we really fight - and measure - the last vestiges of discrimination in America. 
The Obama administration on Wednesday will announce new rules requiring cities to look for racial bias in housing practices in order to promote racially integrated neighborhoods, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The rules would further the work of the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to refuse to sell or rent a home to a person based on race, religion, gender or national origin.
The Post said cities and towns now would be required to look for patterns of racial bias in local housing, report the results every three to five years and set goals on how to reduce segregation in housing.
The rules would further the work of the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to refuse to sell or rent a home to a person based on race, religion, gender or national origin.
The Post said cities and towns now would be required to look for patterns of racial bias in local housing, report the results every three to five years and set goals on how to reduce segregation in housing.
The newspaper said the rules, sought by civil rights organizations, will show when communities flout housing law and will allow HUD to withhold federal funding in flagrant cases.
In June the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that supported the Fair Housing Act by saying discrimination in housing cases cannot be limited to questions of intent.
In June the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that supported the Fair Housing Act by saying discrimination in housing cases cannot be limited to questions of intent.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-to-announce-new-rules-to-desegregate-neighborhoods-report/ar-AAcIFUz
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