Data & Civil Rights: Housing Primer

Type Report Author Alex Rosenblat Author Kate Wikelius Author danah boyd Author Seeta Peña Gangadharan Author Corrine Yu URL http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2541502 Place Rochester, NY Date 2014/10/30 Accessed 2015-01-21 19:39:30 Institution Social Science Research Network Report Type SSRN Scholarly Paper Library Catalog papers.ssrn.com Abstract Data has always played an important role in housing policies, practices, and financing. Housing advocates worry that new sources of data are being used to extend longstanding discriminatory practices, particularly as it affects those who have access to credit for home ownership as well as the ways in which the rental market is unfolding. Open data practices, while potentially shedding light on housing inequities, are currently more theoretical than actionable. Far too little is known about the ways in which data analytics and other data-related practices may expand or relieve inequities in housing. Report Number ID 2541502 Short Title Data & Civil Rights