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On This Day

Kirchberg v. Feenstra Paves the Road To Equal Marriage

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Emergency Price Control Act Passes in the House

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The Crash To End All Crashes Launches the Great Depression

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Equal Credit Opportunity Act Outlaws Discrimination

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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 Undercuts Equality

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NO WHAMMY

Can We Prevent Another Housing Crash?

Today’s generation of new homebuyers were raised during the housing crash of 2008. Is that enough to stop history from repeating itself?

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BEFORE THE CRASH

The '90s Housing Market Taught Us Bigger Isn't Always Better

The dawn of the Internet era changed how people buy homes forever, and government policy attempted to change who bought them, too.

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Mind The Gap

The 1980s Were a March Toward Equitable Housing

The 1980s were a time of great economic growth, but many looking to buy a home got left behind as the decade progressed.

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Need Not Apply

Housing Was a Civil Rights and Feminist Issue in the 1970s

Access to housing is more than a roof over your head – it's wealth-building capital to which women and minorities haven’t always had access.

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NOT JUST A HOME

Turns Out, Fair Housing Isn’t Always Fair

Fair housing was a drumbeat of civil rights, but were the gains made in the '60s too little too late?

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WHITE PICKET FENCE

The Postwar Housing Boom Wasn't All Sunshine and Roses

Suburban America was built on an ideal that explicitly excluded many Americans. Though the policies that led to this are in the past, the results remain today.

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