![]() ![]() ![]() Black homeownership was lower but nonetheless rising, and at a faster rate than white homeownership. And if you own your house, it is the potential source of wealth for most working-class people - unless you are African American.īy the 1960s, at the height of the postwar economic boom, most U.S. People in some zip codes have higher rates of asthma and lead poisoning. It can limit or extend transportation routes to jobs, shopping and entertainment. ![]() One’s address determines, to a large extent, where one’s children attend school. A hundred years ago those who gave their address as Back of the Yards, then the south side heavily Irish neighborhood in Chicago, couldn’t get hired for a job in sales or offices. WHERE YOU LIVE predicts the path of your family’s future. How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black HomeownershipĬhapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019, 368 pages, ![]()
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