Housing Equality & Policy
All Policy & Current Issues
July 6, 2020
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.
June 29, 2020
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.
June 11, 2020
Half a century after it was outlawed, the discriminatory housing practice of redlining continues to create a racial wealth gap across the U.S.
February 25, 2020
Almost three-quarters of people say an increase in the frequency or intensity of natural disasters at least somewhat factors into their decision about where and whether to buy or sell a home.
November 12, 2019
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.
