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Redress News Wrap: “Housing Policies From the Past Have Led to Disproportionate Impacts of Heat Waves Across the Country”July 28, 2022
As millions of Americans deal with record breaking heat waves, […]
Redress News Wrap – Latest Harvard Housing Report Shows Households of Color Excluded from Home Market Despite Making Up Most U.S. Household GrowthJuly 7, 2022
Each year, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies releases […]
Redress News Wrap – Large Increases in Real Estate Assessments Put Many in Jeopardy of Tax Foreclosures in MilwaukeeJune 24, 2022
Thousands of people in the Black and Hispanic communities in […]
Redress News Wrap – Inequality is Not ColorblindJune 8, 2022
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"Undoing the effects of de jure segregation will b

"Undoing the effects of de jure segregation will be incomparably difficult. To make a start, we will first have to contemplate what we have collectively done and, on behalf of our government, accept responsibility." -Richard Rothstein

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Who really benefits from investments in transporta

Who really benefits from investments in transportation? Because historically, investments have favored building highways through Black neighborhoods as opposed to public transportation systems, this disproportionate allocation of funds clearly favors white, suburban residents at the expense of urban communities of color.

Racial Steering is also not just a part of our his

Racial Steering is also not just a part of our history, but a part of our PRESENT!

In 2000, HUD and the Urban Institute conducted the national Housing Discrimination Study to study the extent to which realtors were guiding minority homebuyers away from homes in integrated or white neighborhoods by offering homes in minority neighborhoods. Observing 20 metropolitan areas across the country, they found that the practice of steering was occurring in all of the 20 areas studied.

By the 1960’s, urban renewal projects were displ

By the 1960’s, urban renewal projects were displacing 66,000 predominantly Black families annually without providing sufficient affordable housing for them to move into. These broken communities ties, deepened segregation, isolated people, and made people politically weaker.

And it was funded by the US government.

Urban Renewal, Gentrification, Revitalization, it

Urban Renewal, Gentrification, Revitalization, it can all look like neighborhoods being demolished just for new neighborhoods to be put up in their place!

Whenever we talk about neighborhood development, it’s important to keep in mind who stands to profit off development and, if the answer isn’t the residents, how could funds be spent in a way that actually benefits the people who live there?

Now that we know some of the history behind housin

Now that we know some of the history behind housing segregation in Charlotte, how does that legacy impact Charlotteans today?

The cost of housing inequality in Charlotte and the segregation behind it MUST be rectified to make sure all Charlotteans share in continued collective GROWTH rather than diminishing affordability and displacement.

#housing #housinginequity #charlottenc

Homes located in majority-Black neighborhoods acro

Homes located in majority-Black neighborhoods across the U.S. are valued at $48,000 LESS than homes located in majority-white neighborhoods according to the Brookings Institution. What does this lead to? Metropolitan areas with greater devaluation of Black neighborhoods are MORE segregated and produce LESS upward mobility for the Black children who grow up in those communities.

We've discussed the history of racially discrimina

We've discussed the history of racially discriminatory housing practices in Denver, so what does it mean for Black and Latinx residents today? Unaffordable housing threatens resident's ability to prosper as well as create the potential for displacement.

According to the Urban Institute, neighborhoods th

According to the Urban Institute, neighborhoods that are more than 85% Black in Baltimore receive $8,160 in public and private investment per household per year. This can be compared to a rate of $26,533 in neighborhoods that are less than 50% Black in Baltimore. This lack of investment corresponds with (and contributes to):
❗Lower levels of new commercial development
❗️Less new home construction
❗️Lower rates of population growth
❗️Less home value appreciation
❗️A lack of new business investment.
This is NOT EQUITABLE and needs to be REDRESSED!

Racial Segregation is NOT ancient history, here's

Racial Segregation is NOT ancient history, here's how it looks TODAY in Milwaukee.

Urban renewal programs are portrayed as a way to i

Urban renewal programs are portrayed as a way to improve blighted inner city neighborhoods, but improve them for who? These programs are designed to improve the PROFITABILITY of these neighborhoods, not the quality of life for the people who already live there. And as a result, these programs lead to displacement and destabilization.

During the 1960s, Charlotte’s NAACP fought for w

During the 1960s, Charlotte’s NAACP fought for what may be considered the most consequential desegregation court case since Brown vs. Board of Education: Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971). Read on to learn how this court case paved the way for Charlotte’s school system to become the most integrated in the U.S. for 30 years until push back from white suburban parents eventually led to a federal court dismantling the ruling in 1999.

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