Housing Discrimination Study: Analyzing Racial and Ethnic Steering

摘要

The report analyzes the incidence and severity of steering, examining thehypothesis that black and Hispanic homebuyers are 'steered' away from predominantly white Anglo neighborhoods, and offered housing opportunities in more integrated or less affluent neighborhoods instead. The analysis was conducted as part of the Housing Discrimination Study, a national 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 Syracuse University. Results are based on over 2,100 sales audits (paired tests) conducted in 25 metropolitan areas during the late spring and early summer of 1989. The data gathering period for HDS coincided with initial implementation of the 1988 Fair Housing Act Amendments. Therefore, study results can be regarded as a benchmark against which the effects of the Amendments can be measured.