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来源

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE,Vol.29,Issue2,P.250-272

语言

英文

关键字

discrimination; LGBTQ; state and local housing policy; email correspondence study; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HOUSING-MARKET; RACIAL-DISCRIMINATION; LANDLORDS DISCRIMINATE; CONTACT HYPOTHESIS; UNITED-STATES; ORIENTATION; BLACK; GAY; PREJUDICE

作者单位

[Schwegman, David] Syracuse Univ, Dept Publ Adm & Int Affairs, Maxwell Sch Citizenship & Publ Affairs, New York, NY 13244 USA. [Schwegman, David] Syracuse Univ, Ctr Policy Res, Maxwell Sch Citizenship & Publ Affairs, New York, NY 13244 USA. Schwegman, D (reprint author), Syracuse Univ, Dept Publ Adm & Int Affairs, Maxwell Sch Citizenship & Publ Affairs, New York, NY 13244 USA.; Schwegman, D (reprint author), Syracuse Univ, Ctr Policy Res, Maxwell Sch Citizenship & Publ Affairs, New York, NY 13244 USA. E-Mail: djschweg@syr.edu

摘要

I present the results of a randomized matched-pair email correspondence test of 6,490 unique property owners in 94 U.S. cities to provide a nationally representative estimate of the level of discrimination that same-sex couples experience when inquiring about rental housing. I find that same-sex male couples, especially non-White same-sex male couples, are less likely to receive a response to inquiries about rental units. I also find that same-sex Black male couples are subject to more subtle forms of discrimination than heterosexual Black couples are. I then examine whether state and local antidiscrimination laws covary with rates of housing discrimination against same-sex couples. Although my results are not causal, I find that antidiscrimination laws have an ambiguous relationship with rates of discrimination faced by same-sex couples. State-level housing protections, for example, covary positively with response rates for same-sex Black male couples, whereas local-level laws covary negatively with response rates for these couples.