HUD

April 12, 2013

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A new report from nonprofit investigative news outlet ProPublica says the federal government has, for over four decades, blown its chance to help create more integrated communities across the country.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on what she thinks the Baltimore region would look like if it had "affirmatively further" fair housing.

Sheilah asks what George Romney's son, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has had to say about housing.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on why George Romney withheld HUD funds from three cities, including Baltimore.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Nixon's stopped Romney's efforts to be "affirmative" in fair housing efforts.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on what can communities do--and what guidance they get from HUD, to "affirmatively further" fair housing.

Here's an essay from Maryland Morning producer Lawrence Lanahan about why he wanted WYPR to make a platform for a sustained conversation about inequality in the Baltimore region: