Detroit The widening gap between black and white homeownership didn’t happen by accident. There is abundant evidence and little debate that the gap was the result of historic discrimination enforced by federal policies, state laws, and local ordinances. Even as ownership rates increased for minority homeowners over a 40-year period thanks to persistent work, legal …
Category: Foreclosure
Eviction Statistics are Tricky, so Be Careful of First Impressions
Detroit I was scratching my head. Everything the ACORN Home Savers Campaign knew from our experiences in building committees in cities around the country and talking to renters and land purchase contract signers indicated that evictions and the threat of evictions were soaring. In fact, in no small measure that was what was driving families …
The Scarring Neighborhood Blight without an Answer
Cleveland It is almost gospel among community organizations and their leadership to rehabilitate housing first and only demolish as a last resort. At the same time few community organizers have not heard the plea from their members that abandoned and derelict properties are huge issues for safety and home value and acted upon those demands. …