The Soho Forum Debate: Richard Rothstein vs. Howard Husock

Monday, January 14, 2019Richard Rothstein vs. Howard Husock Resolution: _“SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOSTERED HOUSING SEGREGATION IN THE 20TH CENTURY, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOSTER HOUSING INTEGRATION IN THE 21ST."_ FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE: Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a fellow of the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley). He is the author of _The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America_. His other recent work has documented the history of state-sponsored residential segregation, as in his report, _The Making of Ferguson_ [https://www.epi.org/publication/making-ferguson/]. He is the author of _Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right_ (2008) and _Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap_ (2004). Other recent books include _The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement_ (co-authored in 2005); and _All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different?_ (co-authored in 2003). FOR THE NEGATIVE: Howard Husock is vice president for research and publications at the Manhattan Institute, where he is also director of the Institute’s social entrepreneurship initiative. _City Journal _contributing editor,_ _he is the author of_ Philanthropy Under Fire_ (2013) and _The Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy_ (2003). From 1987 through 2006, Husock was director of case studies in public policy and management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he was also a fellow at the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Organizations and an adjunct lecturer in public management.  His writing has appeared in the _Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Society, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Philanthropy, The Wilson Quarterly, and Public Interest_. Husock has written widely on U.S. housing policy, including _Repairing the Ladder: Toward a New Housing Policy Paradigm_ (1996). Cash bar opens: 5:45pm Meeting convenes: 6:30pm Wine-and-cheese Reception: 8:15pm Tickets must be reserved in advance.