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Nondiscrimination Implications Of Federal Involvement In Housing, Jerome B. Ullman
Nondiscrimination Implications Of Federal Involvement In Housing, Jerome B. Ullman
Vanderbilt Law Review
Government enforcement of equal opportunity in all housing, or in all housing connected with the various federal programs discussed in this note, would virtually eliminate the present fear among many whites that the presence of Negroes in the community hurts property values. Even if there were any basis to such a fear, the fact that Negroes had an easily enforceable right to purchase property in all neighborhoods would tend to prevent such price devaluation since the actual presence of Negroes in more and more areas would eventually make all white neighborhoods non-existent. Moreover,the fact that all, or the vast majority …