Midlands Business Journal, August 11, 2023, Affordable Housing: Legacy of Redlining Stunts Healthy Growth
The project, released in 2019, stems from a partnership from the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition where it digitized 200 HOLC grading maps from the 1930s.
Using data from the 2018 U.S. Census’s American Community Survey (ACS) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), the project shows the lasting socioeconomic impact of red
Individuals who live in or around Near North Side have shorter life expectancies and have the highest percentages of kidney disease, obesity, pulmonary disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and asthma. Many of these conditions have formed as a result of barriers to access, whether it’s health care, education, or funds.
