Is redlining still legal? No. Federal law prohibit home lending discrimination, notably the 1968 Fair Housing Act and the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The first of these laws bans discrimination based on someone's race when the person is trying to rent or buy a home, as well ...
Richard Rothstein's 2017 book,The Color of Law,describes the New Deal-era role the FHA played in keeping Black Americans from accessing wealth through housing ownership. The FHA, founded in 1934 during the Roosevelt administration, engaged inredliningby withholding insurance for mortgages from Black...
The effects of redlining have persisted, despite it being outlawed in 1968. The Urban Institute reported in 2017 that the homeownership rate for White households was 71.9%. The rate for Black households, in contrast, was 41.8%.7 This racial residential segregation is the cornerstone of Black an...
Laura Kelly spoke about the 2022 ballot initiative where voters in her conservative-leaning state voted down an amendment that would have outlawed a right to an abortion. She noted how Harris, who wants to restore Roe, would be a great partner for the women governors on the panel....