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A new mapping project shows how segregation is a matter of whether you have close access to a grocery store, hospital, bank, or park—amenities that influence your quality of life.
CityLab: Mapping the segregation of metro Atlanta’s amenities Read More »
Major banks have taken a series of steps this year to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands.
Some Millennials may never get over the Great Recession.
CNN: Millennials born in 1980s may never recover from the Great Recession Read More »
The diverging fates of local economies goes beyond income inequality. Prolonged economic distress hurts people’s health, their financial stability and their families.
AXIOS: The wildly uneven recovery from the Great Recession Read More »
A new mapping project shows how segregation is a matter of whether you have close access to a grocery store, hospital, bank, or park—amenities that influence your quality of life.
Citylab: Mapping the segregation of metro Atlanta’s amenities Read More »
The senators cite the decline in minority homeownership rates, challenges minority-owned business face in getting approved for credit and changes in technology.
American Banker: Senate Democrats: Update CRA but don’t undercut it Read More »
Dr. Kahrl studies the history of segregation.
The New York Times: The North’s Jim Crow Read More »
The influence of these real estate and lending patterns is still felt in cities today, even 50 years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made discrimination in the housing market illegal.
Next City: Minneapolis mayor unveils plan to undo history of segregation Read More »
Housing court, a system created to protect tenants, has become a powerful tool for landlords.
New York Times: The eviction machine churning through New York City Read More »
The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem.
The Atlantic: The 9.9 percent is the new American aristocracy Read More »
Affordable housing is vanishing as landlords exploit a broken system, pushing out rent-regulated tenants and catapulting apartments into the free market.
Measures might be added to a planned revamp of the Community Reinvestment Act, which aims to bring credit to low-income communities
A newly instituted federal housing policy could make it easier for people on rental assistance to move into higher-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia and the suburbs.
The Inquirer: With new rental vouchers, better neighborhoods now more affordable Read More »
Measures might be added to a planned revamp of the Community Reinvestment Act, which aims to bring credit to low-income communities.
American banks angling to get relief from post-crisis rules may soon be breathing easier.
CNN: House clears path to roll back post-crisis banking rules Read More »
