open housing
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of open housing
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Of the 19 disputed properties those companies still owned as of June, 15 had open housing violations, including for heat and hot-water failures, unsafe wiring and pest infestations.
From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2022
In response, the open housing groups pressured the city to establish a human rights department to investigate housing discrimination claims.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021
As a member of the Gary City Council, he helped pass an open housing law to end the practice that forced blacks to live primarily in the city’s midtown section because of restrictive property covenants.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2019
After 1965, King fought against crisis levels of black unemployment in the Watts area of Los Angeles, for open housing in Chicago and in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2016
A major cause—witness the failure of President Johnson's proposed civil rights bill in 1966—was that open housing lacked a national consensus or widespread public support.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
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