Housing Equality & Policy
Race & Real Estate
Milwaukee, San Francisco and Detroit Top the List of Places Where Black Homebuyers Are More Likely to Be Denied a Home Loan
Nationwide, 15.9% of Black Americans who apply for mortgages are rejected, compared with just 7% of white Americans. The gap is even wider in Milwaukee, San Francisco, Detroit and Chicago.
Minneapolis, Milwaukee & Salt Lake City Have the Lowest Black Homeownership Rates in the U.S., With Just One-Quarter of Black Families Owning Their Home
Even in Washington, DC, which has the highest Black homeownership rate in the U.S., just 51% of Black families own their home, versus more than 70% of white families. In Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Salt Lake City, just one-quarter of Black families own their homes.
Redlining’s Legacy of Inequality: $212,000 Less Home Equity, Low Homeownership Rates For Black Families
Half a century after it was outlawed, the discriminatory housing practice of redlining continues to create a racial wealth gap across the U.S.
Income Gains and Rent Increases Follow Rail Transit
Improving transit access to a neighborhood does not lead to a significant decrease in minority populations, even as incomes and rents rise faster than similar neighborhoods without convenient transit.
A Typical African American Family Could Afford Just 25 Percent of Homes for Sale Last Year, Down from 39 Percent in 2012
Fewer than one in 10 homes for sale last year were affordable to African American households in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver and Boston. Less than 1 percent of homes for sale (just 241 out of over 54,000) in San Francisco in 2018 were affordable to African American families. The affordability crisis is the
Survey: 38% of Homebuyers and Sellers Are Hesitant to Move to a Place Where They’d Be in the Political Minority
We surveyed homebuyers about sentiments related to race and politics during the buying experience.
Milwaukee, San Francisco and Detroit Top the List of Places Where Black Homebuyers Are More Likely to Be Denied a Home Loan
Nationwide, 15.9% of Black Americans who apply for mortgages are rejected, compared with just 7% of white Americans. The gap is even wider in Milwaukee, San Francisco, Detroit and Chicago.
Minneapolis, Milwaukee & Salt Lake City Have the Lowest Black Homeownership Rates in the U.S., With Just One-Quarter of Black Families Owning Their Home
Even in Washington, DC, which has the highest Black homeownership rate in the U.S., just 51% of Black families own their home, versus more than 70% of white families. In Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Salt Lake City, just one-quarter of Black families own their homes.
Redlining’s Legacy of Inequality: $212,000 Less Home Equity, Low Homeownership Rates For Black Families
Half a century after it was outlawed, the discriminatory housing practice of redlining continues to create a racial wealth gap across the U.S.
Income Gains and Rent Increases Follow Rail Transit
Improving transit access to a neighborhood does not lead to a significant decrease in minority populations, even as incomes and rents rise faster than similar neighborhoods without convenient transit.
A Typical African American Family Could Afford Just 25 Percent of Homes for Sale Last Year, Down from 39 Percent in 2012
Fewer than one in 10 homes for sale last year were affordable to African American households in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver and Boston. Less than 1 percent of homes for sale (just 241 out of over 54,000) in San Francisco in 2018 were affordable to African American families. The affordability crisis is the
Survey: 38% of Homebuyers and Sellers Are Hesitant to Move to a Place Where They’d Be in the Political Minority
We surveyed homebuyers about sentiments related to race and politics during the buying experience.
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