Race and Home Ownership

Another View The Radio Show Podcast · Jun 24, 2021 · 54m

Owning your own home - it's the American dream. For many Black and Brown people it was a dream deferred because of laws that allowed redlining of neighborhoods and discrimination in lending. Today, housing discrimination is against the law, but reality tells a different story. It's a cautionary tale of one African American homeowner who's appraisal more than doubled once she removed her race from the equation. And lest you think her's is an isolated case, wait til you hear the result of the Devaluation of Black Home Ownership study by the Brookings Institution. Our guests include homeowner…