Public Policy

February 19, 2021

Racial Segregation in the Bay Area Part 5: Remedies, Solutions, and Targets

Outlines various policies and strategies to break up racial residential segregation across the Bay Area, broken down by the following categories: 1. Curtailing Restrictive Land Use Policies & Regulations 2. Rent Control for Integrated or Integrating Communities 3. Mobility Strategies 4. Fair Share & Inclusionary Zoning 5. Affordable Housing & Other Integrative Subsidies
February 19, 2021

Race: The Power of an Illusion, “The House We Live In”

Part of a larger series deconstructing our idea of race, this chapter focuses on how racist housing policy led to de facto and de jure segregation and the racial wealth gap we see today. (Run time 29:18)
February 19, 2021

Redlined, A Legacy of Housing Discrimination

Explaining the racist federal housing policies (e.g. redlining and racial covenants) that systematically created America’s racial wealth gap (Run time 15:08)
February 19, 2021

A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity

This article presents an invitation and roadmap to help companies understand and address the intended and unintended consequences of all their products, policies, and practices on people of color, and by extension, our economy and democracy. The blueprint provides actions in three key domains: 1) inside the company, 2) within the communities where the companies are headquartered and conduct business, and 3) at the broader societal level.
February 19, 2021

A Dream Deferred

The story of how racist zoning and housing policy shaped Philadelphia (Run time 28:10)
February 19, 2021

The African American Policy Forum (YouTube Channel)

Includes regular series such as “Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare”
February 19, 2021

How do we dismantle the racist legacy of homeownership policies?

Understanding the impact of previous racist national and local housing policy on the disparities in homeownership we see today. Presented by Greenlining Institute & The Two Hundred. (Run time 1:28:15)
February 19, 2021

Findings from Focus Groups and a Dial Survey on Housing in the United States

Presentations of the findings for a series of focus groups and dial surveys on housing messages in the United States. Messages around housing justice were tested on different groups divided into the “base,” persuadables, and opposition. Presented by Community Change, PolicyLink, & Lake Research Partners. (Run time 1:28:47)
February 19, 2021

Housing Narrative Webinar: What’s Race Got To Do with It?

One of a series of webinars in partnership between Race Forward, PolicyLink, and Comunity Change to share research on housing narratives and understanding how race interplays with narrative shift. Presented by Community Change & PolicyLink. (1:31:15)
February 19, 2021

Seize The Housing Narrative

A webinar series to share out the Bay Area Seize the Housing Narrative Playbook as well as the research that came behind it. This was created in partnership between Dr. Tiffany Manuel, EMC Research, NPH, and M+R in order to develop new strategies for shifting the narrative on housing in the Bay Area, with an explicit racial focus. Presented by Dr. Tiffany Manuel, EMC Research, & M+R. (3-part series)
February 19, 2021

Policy Remedies to Racial Residential Segregation

A presentation of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belong Institute’s research regarding racial residential segregation in the Bay Area and policy implications for addressing these challenges. Presented by UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute. (Run time 54:57)
February 19, 2021

Race Forward

Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. They are also the home of the Government Alliance on Racial Equity (GARE) and the daily news site, Colorlines.