![]() 7.) As a consequence of the indeterminacy of the definition and the complexity of the national housing landscape, we end up as a country where we are now. In the more than 50 years since the FHA’s enactment, the country has made only modest progress towards significantly curtailing discrimination in housing.Īs Kazis explains, the definition of fair housing is “multi-faceted, contested, and open-ended” as are the political, economic, social, and land-use regimes across the 50 states and their suburban, urban, and rural localities. The 1968 Fair Housing Act (FHA) mandates that the federal government and its grantees affirmatively further fair housing. Instead of focusing on defining and promoting fair housing, Kazis asks his reader to focus on how to eliminate practices that are certain to promote unfair housing outcomes. Kazis offers his reader a plausible approach to impeding practices destined to result in unfair housing practices. Kazis’ thesis confirmed my weeks earlier conversation with my colleague sometimes the best solution is found in keeping it simple. Soon thereafter, I came across Noah Kazis’ article, Fair Housing, Unfair Housing, in which he makes an insightful contribution to the seemingly intractable problem of unfair housing practices. In frustration, I uttered the words, “I’m just going to KISS it.” Her eyes widened as she inquired, “KISS it, what is that?” I replied, “I’m Going to Keep It Simple Stupid.” We looked at one another knowingly, we both laughed, and continued on our separate ways to our offices. Only having two credits has meant that the discussion of many property topics, including housing law, has been truncated. Just another one of the tragic consequences of Covid, I guess. This is the second year I have been relegated to teaching my once four credit course as a two credit course. She and I hugged and soon started talking about a sore topic for me, how my 1L property course was coming along. Walking across the parking lot from my law school to the annex building where my office is temporarily relocated, I spotted a trusted and dear colleague. ![]()
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