Prof. Myron Orfield, Jr. to Join a Panel Discussion on the “Mondale Dialogues: The Continuing Fight for Fair Housing”

Professor Myron Orfield, Jr. will join a panel discussion on the “Mondale Dialogues: The Continuing Fight for Fair Housing” on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. 

Vice President Walter Mondale ’56 called Orfield “one of the nation’s leading experts on the Fair Housing Act.” Orfield served on the bi-partisan National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in 2008; as an academic advisor to the Congressional Black Caucus; as an advisor to President Obama’s transition team for urban policy; to the White House Office of Urban Affairs; and as special consultant to the HUD’s Office for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity during the Obama Administration. At FHEO, Professor Orfield assisted in the development of the Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard (the “disparate impact rule”) (78 Fed. Reg. 11460) and the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (80 Fed.Reg. 42272).

Vice President Walter Mondale ’56 was a pioneer in U.S. housing policy. He championed the Fair Housing Act (1968) to outlaw discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, sex, and family status. Register to attend the Mondale Dialogues.