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After Katrina (Research Report)
Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Sheila R. Zedlewski

Long before the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina or the chaos of evacuation, New Orleans' social infrastructure was failing. News coverage of the overcrowded Superdome and the city's flooded streets exposed the poverty and vulnerability of many residents, especially African Americans. As New Orleans begins to rebuild, can the city avoid the mistakes of the past, instead creating more effective social support for low-income and minority residents? Innovation and experience from other U.S. cities offer promising strategies for reducing the risks of poverty and opening up opportunities for economic security and success. This collection of essays addresses employment, affordable housing, public schools, young children's needs, health care, arts and culture, and vulnerable populations. All these essays assess the challenges facing New Orleans today and for years to come and recommend tested models for making the city's social infrastructure stronger and more equitable than it was before Katrina.

Posted: April 07, 2006

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Closing Doors on Americans' Housing Choices (Commentary)
Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Carla Herbig

[Tulsa World] With media engrossed by skyrocketing home prices, Center on Metropolitan Housing and Communities Director Margery Austin Turner and Research Associate Carla Herbig remind readers that "for many Americans, spiraling home prices and rents aren't the only barriers to housing. Discrimination -- by landlords, real estate agents and mortgage lenders -- stands in the way of too many families searching for a place to live."

Posted: September 18, 2005

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Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets (Research Report)
Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Beata A. Bednarz, Carla Herbig, Seon Joo Lee

This report presents results from the second phase of the latest national Housing Discrimination Study (HDS2000). The national results presented here for Asians and Pacific Islanders are based on a sample of 11 metropolitan areas that account for more than three quarters of all Asians and Pacific Islanders living in metropolitan areas nationwide. The study finds that Asians and Pacific Islanders face significant levels of discrimination when they search for housing in large metropolitan areas nationwide—levels of discrimination similar to that of African Americans and Hispanics.

Posted: July 01, 2003

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Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets (Research Report)
Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Stephen L. Ross, George Galster, John Yinger

The nation is making real progress in combating housing market discrimination. New estimates from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), based on Urban Institute research, indicate that while discrimination persists against African Americans and Hispanics searching for homes in major metropolitan areas, its incidence has generally declined since 1989. When African Americans and Hispanics visit real estate or rental offices to inquire about the availability of advertised homes and apartments, they face a significant risk of receiving less information and less favorable treatment than comparable white customers.

Posted: November 07, 2002

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All Other Things Being Equal (Research Report)
Author(s): Margery Austin Turner, Fred Freiberg, Erin B. Godfrey, Carla Herbig, Diane Levy, Robin E. Smith

This study used paired testing to measure discrimination against African Americans and Hispanics by mortgage lending institutions, mortgage brokers, real estate agents, new construction sales agents, and mobile home sales agents in Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois.

Posted: April 01, 2002

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