Race & Place

How do you address a history of anti-Asian housing discrimination? Not by destroying Asian American communities.

A new generation of real estate agents are aiming for meaningful change in an industry most famous for championing and enforcing segregation.

Many people are familiar with redlining, but less well known are the handful of cooperatives that sprouted up following WWII with a bold mission: providing integrated, community-owned housing.

The way we map health opportunity has serious flaws. How can we make those maps more reflective of communities’ lived experiences?

How can the community development field stay aligned with the movements that led to its rise in the first place?

Why do we think moving to white neighborhoods will solve our problems?

The financial industry has been one of the main perpetrators of racial discrimination. It should be obligated to serve all communities, particularly communities of color.

Ken Reardon reviews “Redlined: A novel of Boston” by Richard W. Wise, an exciting novel about a community’s fight for survival against disinvestment.

Data on the pandemic shows once again the dramatic consequences of racial inequalities. CDFIs must focus on ensuring equity for Black-owned businesses.

In an attempt to make compliance easier for banks, regulators are proposing to incentivize the very thing the Community Reinvestment Act was written to fight.

The legacy of racist housing policy shapes—and disempowers—Black, largely urban, neighborhoods to this day, and can be seen in places like the Northside neighborhood of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

A significant reduction in attention paid to home mortgage lending on CRA exams would be neither economically efficient nor equitable.