Housing Equality & Policy
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July 10, 2024
Redfin’s chief economist and First Street’s head of research give homebuyers advice on how to think about climate disasters, insurance and home values when deciding what to buy Natural disasters are increasingly threatening to the housing market, as many homes are at risk of becoming damaged, uninsurable or less valuable. Redfin’s research has shown that […]
June 27, 2024
Starter homes are affordable to a Black family earning the local median income in 10 major U.S. metros: Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Warren, Columbus and Kansas City. For white families, starter homes are affordable in 32 major metros. In San Francisco, a Black family earning the local median income would have […]
May 29, 2024
The typical home in areas with LGBTQ+ housing protections costs $492,290, compared with $357,010 for the typical home in areas without protections. San Francisco and Portland, OR have the highest share of LGBTQ+ adults, yet less than 7% of homes in those places are affordable for someone on the local median income. Detroit and Rochester […]
May 3, 2024
White people took out 62% of new mortgages last year, down from 64% in 2022 and 70% in 2018. Meanwhile, the share taken out by Hispanic, Black and Asian buyers ticked up. People of color are taking out a rising share of mortgages because an increasing share of them are of prime homebuying age, and […]
April 29, 2024
A similar share of Trump voters want to live in a place that has laws allowing discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools and laws ensuring equality based on gender or sexual orientation. Over half of Trump voters say they don’t want to live somewhere with easy access to mail-in-voting. Biden voters feel particularly strongly about […]
