Fixing racial housing gap will take local initiative, author tells Realtors
Fixing racial housing gap will take local initiative, author tells Realtors
Hundreds of lawsuits kept Los Angeles neighborhoods segregated in the 1930s and 40s. Federal loans required neighborhoods built in Panorama City, Westchester and Lakewood to be for Whites only. Air raid wardens helped enforce rules to keep Culver City an all-White enclave.
Efforts like these to segregate America are documented in Richard Rothstein’s best-selling book, “The Color of Law.”
Now…