Racial Equity and Inclusion Resource Collection

"Historic discrimination in U.S. housing policy — particularly discrimination against Black Americans — is one of the chief drivers of racial inequities that persist today. Organizations like Habitat that work on housing must understand that history, and it must inform our work moving forward." - Jonathan Reckford, CEO, HFHI

History of Government's Role in Housing Discrimination

 

Segregated by Design

Race in America

How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans

https://www.history.com/news/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits

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Wisconsin’s Racial Divide

 

poverty hoUsing in milwaukee

Evicted” by Matthew Desmond

The state of black milwaukee

Download is free: https://dc.uwm.edu/ced_pubs/56/

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Racial Covenants

 

The Geography of Inequality

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