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Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Claim On Behalf Of Black Mother and Daughter Denied Housing In 2015 | NewsOne

January 15, 2022January 15, 2022Housing Discrimination, KOLUMN ...

A civil rights complaint was brought against the Lone Wolf Housing Authority, the former executive director and a former program assistant in December 2020. — BY, NEWSONE STAFF | NEWSONE An Oklahoma Housing authority that denied a Black mother and her daughter housing in 2015 finally settled with the Department of Justice. The Oklahoman reported […]

Black Homeowners Face Discrimination in Appraisals | The New York Times

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020Housing Discrimination

Companies that value homes for sale or refinancing are bound by law not to discriminate. Black homeowners say it happens anyway. By Debra Kamin, The New York Times Abena and Alex Horton wanted to take advantage of low home-refinance rates brought on by the coronavirus crisis. So in June, they took the first step in […]

When Nat King Cole moved in | Curbed, Los Angeles

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019African American Entertainment, Housing Discrimination ...

The entertainer found his dream home in picturesque Hancock Park—but the neighborhood had a dark side. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In July 1948, singer Nat “King” Cole and his new wife, Maria, were just beginning their lives together. The legendary crooner of standards including “The Christmas Song,” “Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa,” and “Unforgettable” had spent the last […]

City Caught Trying To Grab Senior Citizen’s Brownstone | Kings County Politics

September 21, 2018African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

“Home-ownership is one of the most important ways a family is able to build and transfer wealth from one generation to the next. In that light, and with the ever-increasing cost of living in this city, preserving home ownership opportunities is critical in predominantly black and brown communities like ours…”

‘It Does Something to Your Soul When Everyone Losing Their Homes Looks Like You’ | Politico

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

In Durham, a young lawyer raised in public housing teaches elite law students to save poor people from eviction.

Develop Detroit cultivates affordable housing in the Motor City | Michigan Chronicle

April 23, 2018African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

Since its inception in June, 2015, Develop Detroit, which received startup capital from JPMorgan Chase, has been on a mission that focuses on real estate development and providing living opportunities that meet the real needs of Detroiters.