Housing discrimination is still prominent in major cities?

[703lexus]

Hey, read the following article about housing discrimination in 2018:
https://www.revealnews.org/article/for-people-of-color-banks-are-shutting-the-door-to-homeownership/

Has anyone had any personal experiences?

A shorts history of the suburbs, redlining and how practices from the 40s caused a lot the racial gap in net worth now

 

[Big Lurko]

Havent experience it when buying a home but I'm pretty sure it occurs. Especially in the renting and HOA side of the game.

 

[konceptjones]

The single biggest weapon homeowners use to keep "unwanted people" out of their properties is this one sentence in their ads:

"We require a clear credit, criminal and eviction history".

They know a lot of Black folks have fucked up credit. They know many of us may have had a run-in or two with the law. And those of us on the lower end of the income ladder may have an eviction out there.

If you can pass that shit, they're still gonna just say "we've got someone interested already..." just to keep you out.