fair housing program

Thompson v. HUD

BALTIMORE PUBLIC HOUSING FAMILIES WIN SETTLEMENT IN FAIR HOUSING LAWSUIT

• SETTLEMENT AND EXHIBITS
  • Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership roster
  • Declaration by Dr. Stefanie DeLuca, Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Declaration by Congressman Elijah Cummings
  • Declaration by Robert Embry, President, Abell Foundation
  • Declaration by Mel Freeman, Citizens Planning and Housing Association
• Comments on the settlement by plaintiff families:
  • Sabrina Oliver
  • Nicole Smith
  • Michelle Green
• Amended Complaint - Thompson v. HUD
• Learn more about the settlement, the families, and community supporters
• Read the statement of the Baltimore Regional Housing Campaign

Please note that by playing this clip You Tube and Google will place a long-term cookie on your computer. Please see You Tube's privacy statement on their website and Google's privacy statement on theirs to learn more. To view the ACLU's privacy statement, click here.

Prescription for a New Neighborhood

Housing mobility can complement community revitalization for children with serious health challenges. (Article in the journal, "Shelterforce")

NEW REPORT - "New Homes, New Neighborhoods, New Schools: A Progress Report on the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program"
Read the report and learn more

ACLU Slideshow: Building Opportunity from the Legacy of Segregation
See a presentation on segregation in Baltimore

"She never bent in drive for justice" - by Dan Rodricks, February 24, 2008, Published in The Baltimore Sun
Read a memorial tribute for a Thompson plaintiff

Photo Display of Conditions in Low and High Opportunity Areas; Remedial Phase Expert Report of john powell in Thompson v. HUD (August 2005)
See photos

NAACP Legal Defense Fund joins ACLU in the most important housing desegregation lawsuit in a generation
Learn more

Expert report, maps, photos and other information from Thompson expert john powell, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute and professor of law at the Moritz School of Law at Ohio State University.
Read more

Expert testimony and maps from Dr. Gerald R. Webster, Chair, Department of Geography, University of Alabama
Read more

Get the facts about housing segregation in Baltimore
Read the Statement of Facts filed by the ACLU in Thompson v. HUD

The maps tell the story
Census maps show the striking continuation of segregation in Baltimore.

See a 2003 map of where African American families were able to use housing vouchers.

Maps to see a Chronology of Baltimore Segregation:

1940 Map
1950 Map
1960 Map
1970 Map
1980 Map
1990 Map
2000 Map

Please note that by playing this clip You Tube and Google will place a long-term cookie on your computer. Please see You Tube's privacy statement on their website and Google's privacy statement on theirs to learn more. To view the ACLU's privacy statement, click here.