Housing

A poster on current and proposed efforts for African American Home ownership

Current & Proposed Efforts for Improving African American Homeownership

By pwsadmin / June 17, 2022 / Comments Off on Current & Proposed Efforts for Improving African American Homeownership

Rather than narrowing, the gap in homeownership rates by race has grown steadily over the last century. In 1900, the gap between white and Black homeownership was 27.6%, that gap…

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A poster on current and proposed efforts for African American Home ownership

Colloquium: Current & Proposed Efforts for Improving African American Homeownership

By pwsadmin / May 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Colloquium: Current & Proposed Efforts for Improving African American Homeownership

Rather than narrowing, the gap in homeownership rates by race has grown steadily over the last century. In 1900, the gap between white and Black homeownership was 27.6%, that gap…

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RPIC Policy Agenda – Increase Affordable, Fair, & Healthy Housing Options

By pwsadmin / May 14, 2022 / Comments Off on RPIC Policy Agenda – Increase Affordable, Fair, & Healthy Housing Options

Rather than narrowing, the gap in homeownership rates by race has grown steadily over the last century. In 1900, the gap between white and Black homeownership was 27.6%, that gap has not improved in the last 121 years with U.S. Census Bureau data from April 2021 showing a 29.6% difference between white and Black homeowners. The relationship between income, housing, and wealth accumulation is interconnected.

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Redlining Reparations: Evanston Illinois takes a Lead in Addressing the Race Wealth Gap

By pwsadmin / March 11, 2021 / Comments Off on Redlining Reparations: Evanston Illinois takes a Lead in Addressing the Race Wealth Gap

Evanston, IL will be the first city in the United States to make good on their promise to offer a reparations program to its black residents that have suffered economic devastation from discriminatory lending practice.

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