Monday, June 27, 2005

Budget... housing fund.... Reality TV?

In Friday's NLIHC Memo to Members: budget updates, negotiation over the H.R. 1461 housing fund proposal -- and concern over a reality TV show called "Welcome to the Neighborhood." It seems the show features minority and nontraditional families competing to be "allowed" to live in a house by their future neighbors (talk about NIMBYism) -- and all of the neighbor-judges appear to be white Christian conservatives. The National Fair Housing Alliance considers that awfully close to encouraging the violation of federal fair housing laws.

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