Housing Discrimination Study: Incidence of Discrimination and Variations inDiscriminatory Behavior

摘要

The report presents the advanced analysis for the Housing Discrimination Study, anational fair housing audit study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research, and conducted by the Urban Institute and the Metropolitan Studies Program at Syracuse University. A companion report, 'Incidence and Severity of Unfavorable Treatment,' describes the basic findings from HDS. The specific questions addressed here are: How can discrimination against minorities be separated from random unfavorable treatment; How do unfavorable treatment and discrimination vary from one metropolitan area to another and from central cities to suburbs; What causes discrimination to be higher under some circumstances than others.