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The Impact of Housing Discrimination on Intergenerational Wealth and Racial Disparity in the United States
TLDR Housing discrimination in the United States has created a significant wealth gap between white and black families, with black Americans being five times more likely to own a home in a redline neighborhood. Despite the passing of the Fair Housing Act in 1968, discrimination in housing practices still persists, leading to undervalued black-owned homes and continued racial segregation.
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Housing discrimination in the United States not only affects people's ability to buy homes or get favorable loan terms based on their race, but it also hinders intergenerational wealth accumulation through homeownership.
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Housing discrimination in the United States has led to a significant wealth gap between white and black families, and this discrimination has evolved over time from explicit racist laws to more subtle forms of racial discrimination.
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The HOLC maps and FHA maps were essentially the same, and living in a red or yellow community meant that you were likely black or a person of color and therefore excluded from the housing boom that followed the New Deal.
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Between 1934 and 1962, over 98% of federally-backed mortgages in the US went to white buyers, leading to a significant disparity in homeownership between black and white Americans that continues today, with 44% of black Americans owning homes compared to 73% of white Americans in 2017.
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Black Americans are five times more likely to own a home in a redline neighborhood than white Americans, and the GI Bill blocked access to home ownership for black Americans by allowing banks to discriminate based on race.
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The FHA discriminated against black people by not backing construction loans for suburbs and there were neighborhood covenants in place that prohibited black people from owning homes or reselling them to black families.
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Gentrification leads to an increase in home values, which raises taxes and becomes unsustainable for longtime lower income residents, often people of color.
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Gentrification often leads to the displacement of longtime residents, causing alienation and isolation, as they are unable to afford the increased property taxes and are forced to move to different communities.
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The passing of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 banned discrimination in housing practices, but it led to a trickier way of getting around it, with everyday people like lenders, real estate agents, and homebuyers inadvertently making choices that reflect racial discrimination and segregation.
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Black-owned homes are undervalued by an average of $48,000, leading to a loss of about $156 billion for black Americans, and black and Latino families making $200,000 a year or more were still more likely to receive a subprime loan than white families making less than $30,000 a year.
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Paired testing, which involves sending two equally qualified candidates to apply for a home loan or visit a real estate agent, has revealed discrimination in housing vouchers, racial steering, and less information being provided to minorities, indicating that housing discrimination is still a problem in the United States.
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