Fair Street USA

02/25/2025

10/15/2022

We are here! Come stop by!

10/14/2022

Fair Street USA is back until Sunday!

Thanks to ArtsWestchester for including us in their Serious Fun! Arts festival.

Come check out our exhibit before they find their permanent homes 💜

10/07/2022

Fair Street USA brings you a Spanish language virtual tour! Come see our houses while they were in White Plains Public Library Plaza and the upstairs art gallery.

The video has a description of each house, their artist and community group.

If you didn't get a chance to see them over the summer, they are going to be out again in ArtsWestchester Serious Fun festival October 12-16th!

Come see Fair Street USA and stay for art, activities and serious fun!

10/07/2022

Fair Street USA brings you a virtual tour! Come see our houses while they were in White Plains Public Library Plaza and the upstairs art gallery.

The video has a description of each house, their artist and community group.

If you didn't get a chance to see them over the summer, they are going to be out again in ArtsWestchester Serious Fun festival October 12-16th!

Come see Fair Street USA and stay for art, activities and serious fun!

08/05/2022

Future of Fair Housing
Community Group: White Plains Mayors Youth Council
Artist: Moira Tratchenberg

Young people are our future and this house was designed by White Plains students to share their vision for what fair housing can be at its' best. The youth desire not just fair housing but a fair community to go with it.

Fair Housing here is imagined in its fullest form with equitable access to mental health services, healthy food, WiFi connectivity and so much more.

One side of the roof is astro-turf to demonstrate the students' desire for plentiful, open, accessible-to-all green spaces.

The other side of the roof is magnetic poetry.

08/05/2022

How to Report / What To Do
Community Group: The Westchester County Human Rights Commission
Artist: Taeesha Muhammad ()

This house is designed to look like a court building because it represents access to justice for people impacted by housing discrimination.

Housing discrimination is real and illegal. Help is available, you have the right to speak out!

To report Fair Housing discrimination, or or more information on fair housing:

The Westchester County Human Rights Commission
[email protected]
(914) 995-7710
https://humanrights.westchestergov.com/file-a-complaint
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/online-complaint

08/04/2022

Promoting Fair Housing
Community Group: Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS
Artist: Taeesha Muhammad ()

The welcome mat at the door of this house says it all: "Everyone is Welcome"
The bright color scheme furthers the inviting message. The Keith Haring inspired design of the roof embraces the idea of art for social activism, a key goal of Fair Street USA.

Everyone has a role in promoting fair housing.

Landlords, real estate professionals, co-op boards and property management companies have a specifically relevant role in addressing, correcting, and reversing the historic harms that have been caused by fair housing discrimination.

Visit hgar.com/fair-housing to learn about what real estate professionals are doing to advance the promotion of fair housing.

08/04/2022

History of Fair Housing
Community Group: Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc
Artist: Moira Tratchenberg ()

Start your visit to this house by walking the fair housing "highway" that cuts right through the middle of the house. As you do, think about how often the placement of highways serves to destabilize certain communities while allowing other communities to thrive.

Does anything surprise you about the dates or facts on the highway?

The red lines on the house represent "redlining", the discriminatory practice of denying services, such as home loans, to residents of certain areas based on their race or ethnicity.

Check out both sides of the roof and reflect on how restrictive covenants, once supported by the U.S. Supreme Court, excluded certain people, while allowing others to amass inter-generational wealth from their access to home ownership.

08/04/2022

Protected Class: Familial Status
Community Group: Lifting Up Westchester
Artist: Rebecca Mills (https://www.ultraplasticgalaxy.com/)

Many people don't know that familial status is a federally protected class, or what it protects. Familial status protects families with children under the age of 18 from discriminatory actions, including couples adopting children, legal guardians of children, foster parents, grandparents with dependents, and pregnant women.

Examples of familial status discrimination include:
-Refusing to rent to families with children (birth, adoption, custody)
-Evicting couples once a child joins the family
-Requiring families with children to live on specific floors, buildings or areas.
-Imposing overly restrictive rules about children's use of the common areas (pools, hallways, open spaces)
-Advertising that prohibits children

The message on the roof reminds us that we all have a role in creating the world we want to live in.