Data & Civil Rights: Housing Primer
Data & Civil Rights Conference, October 2014
9 Pages Posted: 24 Dec 2014 Last revised: 23 May 2015
Date Written: October 30, 2014
Abstract
Data has always played an important role in housing policies, practices, and financing. Housing advocates worry that new sources of data are being used to extend longstanding discriminatory practices, particularly as it affects those who have access to credit for home ownership as well as the ways in which the rental market is unfolding. Open data practices, while potentially shedding light on housing inequities, are currently more theoretical than actionable. Far too little is known about the ways in which data analytics and other data-related practices may expand or relieve inequities in housing.
Keywords: housing data, big data, discrimination, inequities, data practices
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