Viviendas Justas y Saludables - The battle for fair and healthy homes in the South

Housing has quickly emerged as a battleground in the social debates and struggles around immigration. The preceding anecdotes, collected by the Immigrant Assistance Center of FaithAction International House, the researchers for the Strategic Study of the State of Human Relations in Greensboro Report, and the Greensboro Housing Coalition, exemplify some of the housing issues facing Latinos in North Carolina. When minorities find their residential mobility blocked because of discrimination, it creates a barrier to spatial assimilation, a key component to socioeconomic and occupational mobility. Moreover it threatens their health and safety. While forty years ago, the Fair Housing Act became law, testing has revealed continuing patterns of housing discrimination against minorities and immigrants. Moreover, as Oliveri (2008) notes, “Many local governments have recently sought to take measures into their own hands by passing anti-illegal immigrant (“AII”) ordinances. These ordinances typically contain a combination of provisions: they make English the “official language” of the municipality; eliminate gathering places for day laborers; penalize employers for hiring unauthorized immigrants; restrict unauthorized immigrants’ access to public benefits; and prevent unauthorized immigrants from renting housing.”

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