For readers who have not yet had the opportunity to hear Michael Allen, partner at civil rights firm Relman & Dane speak on the Westchester County fair housing case and affirmatively further fair housing, check out the YouTube video of his recent lecture on the subject at Emory University. Michael and his Westchester co-counsel Craig Gurian of the Anti-Discrimination Center also recently published two articles on the case and its impact on all local jurisdictions receiving federal housing funds: Making Real the Desegregating Promise of the Fair Housing Act in Clearinghouse Review (March-April 2010) and No Certification, No Money: The Revival of the Civil Rights Obligations in HUD Funding Programs, the Planning Commissioners Journal, Spring 2010 edition. Not familiar with the Westchester lawsuit and settlement agreement? Click on this earlier REP blog post for more information.