today. Black families have lost out on at least $212,000 in personal wealth over the last 40 years because their home was redlined, said real estate app Redfin. Where does the word come from? The term redlining is a nod to how lenders identified and referenced neighborhoods with a ...
Although racial discrimination in housing was banned in 1968, the impacts of these practices remain. The correlation between redlined neighborhoods and COVID-19 risk factors is merely one example of how these policies fueled pervasive inequities. The city is still deeply divided between maj...