Undermining Black Homeownership with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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Is There a Red Line in Public Housing?
There is a saturation of the white housing market, meaning that by 19 60, you know, almost 60 % of white people are home owners. So there's always the push for how can we get more? But then there are structural problems which urban renewal and the destruction of millions of units of urban housing creates a problem shortage. And some of that problem dealt with through public housing. The high rised public housing that became infamous in the 19 sixties and 19 seventies is in many ways built to contain black populations that have been displaced by urban renewal. Because there is a downward pressure on who is eligible for public housing, in that they want to make this housing of last resort to the
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