By requiring all who engage in housing transactions not to discriminate. the fair housing bill will relieve the pressure on each. When every seller or renter must by law treat his customers equally. there will be no risk of loss for those who do. The pressure not to sell or rent to Negroes comes not from the occupant who is leaving the house or apartmenthe is not forced to do anythingrather. it comes from those who remain in the neighborhood. They fear the appearance of one Negro family means property values plummet. to be followed by a mass immigration of Negroes. The fear that property values will fall is a myth of the most pernicious sort. What is the truth?
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The appearance of one Black family means property values plummet, to be followed by a mass immigration of Black people.