NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the racist real estate practices that ensured wealth accumulated along racial lines, even after housing discrimination became illegal.

Neighborhoods matter. As Vox’s Dylan Matthews reported, researchers Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz found in 2016 that moving to a wealthier neighborhood not only increased the likelihood that kids would go to college, but also increased earnings by roughly 31 percent by the time they’d reached their mid-20s.

Part of what has kept Kennetha out of living in Franklin is exclusionary zoning. Single-family zoning, which means it’s illegal to build anything other than single-family homes, is prevalent in the suburb. Single-family homes are more expensive than apartments, townhomes, or duplexes, and that makes rent costly, too. Houses in Franklin go for an average price of $550,000, far above the average in Nashville of $335,000.

DC draws on resident input for multiyear plan to overcome barriers to fair housing

Jake Maher, The DC line, May 29, 2019. Available Here. 

Not in your front yard: Why 'For Sale' signs are banned in Oak Park, Steven Jackson, Oak Park, April 2, 2019, available here

Lawmakers say HUD is complicit in ‘inhumane’ conditions at Hartford housing project, Rebecca Lurye, Hartford Courant, March 11, 2019, available here

Long Before Redlining: Racial Disparities in Homeownership Need Intentional Policies, Lisa Rice, ShelterForce, February 15, 2019, available here

Housing vouchers mostly move families into impoverished neighborhoods, even when better apartments exist elsewhere, Tracy Jan, Washington Post, January 3, 2019, available here

2018 Was Just 1968 All Over Again, Brentin Mock, CityLab, December 31, 2018, available here

Housing Inequality Can Be Both Cause And Effect Of Poverty In Wealthy CT, Clarice Silber, CT Mirror, Oct. 16, 2018, available here

Elizabeth Warren’s Ambitious Fix for America’s Housing Crisis, Madeleine Carlisle, The Atlantic, Sept. 25, 2018, available here