The Showdown Over Segregation in Suburbia

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Why is President Trump making the suburbs a centerpiece of his re-election campaign? The answer lies in a civil rights-era housing rule.

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Why is U.S. President Donald Trump making the suburbs a centerpiece of his re-election campaign? The answer lies in part in a civil rights-era housing rule with an awkward name — Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing — and in the principle that underlies it: Federal funds should not go to communities that practice racial segregation. The AFFH rule is a provision of the Fair Housing Act, signed into law a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It requires jurisdictions th

A Political Showdown Over Segregation in Suburbia

Why is U.S. President Donald Trump making the suburbs a centerpiece of his re-election campaign? The answer lies in part in a civil rights-era housing rule with an awkward name — Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing — and in the principle that underlies it: Federal funds should not go to communities that practice racial segregation. The AFFH rule is a provision of the Fair Housing Act, signed into law a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It requires jurisdictions th

The Showdown Over Segregation in Suburbia

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