June 24, 2021 – Black Star News writes about the Alliance for Housing Justice’s letter to the Biden administration and members of the U.S. Congress urging a close look at reform of zoning laws to ensure they result in true reform. Sam Tepperman-Gelfant and Liz Ryan Murray are quoted:

“For generations, housing policy at all levels of government has been designed to further enrich the wealthy and powerful, rather than to ensure that every family has a stable home in a neighborhood where they can thrive. This has divided our communities and harmed all of us,” said Sam Tepperman-Gelfant, managing attorney at Public Advocates. “We can heal these divisions, but only if the needs and voices of historically disenfranchised people who are suffering the most under our current system drive policymaking.”

“Racial and economic segregation are not natural disasters; they are human-made disasters driven by policy choices, said Liz Ryan Murray, project director of the Alliance for Housing Justice. “The good news is we can undo many of the harms of the past with good policy driven by those who have borne the brunt of the damage.”

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