In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the U.S. government set out to evaluate the riskiness of mortgages — and left behind a stunning portrait of the racism and discrimination that has shaped ...

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In 1940, residents in an area of the West Side neighborhood petitioned the city in complaint of housing conditions that were dirty and unsafe. “We didn’t have Jim Crow laws but we had Jim Crow in ...

As part of the then-new Federal Housing Administration’s effort to give out more home loans, a 1936 assessment of the neighborhoods in Worcester was commissioned by the Home Owners’ Loan Corp.

While tenants all over the city are receiving right to counsel help, these Clevelanders tend to live in historically redlined neighborhoods. Time and time again Clevelanders are presented with data ...

Is it possible to point to a single factor that doomed Cedar Grove from recovering its vibrancy from the first third of the ...

WORCESTER — Renters in the city have become increasingly cost-burdened since 2010, particularly in areas subject to the 1930s practice of redlining, according to a new study released by the Worcester ...

A visitor to Philadelphia City Archives uses his phone to interact with Talia Greene's vast mural, "Charting a Path to Resistance," which begins in the building's foyer and continues into the adjacent ...

CANTON − Richard Harper says it isn't a coincidence that certain neighborhoods struggle more than others. The roots of the disparity, he argues, can be traced back decades, when the federal government ...

“As Birmingham goes, so will go your future and the future of your children and your grandchildren.” — civil rights activist Anne Braden, 1959 Birmingham, Alabama’s food scene is having a moment in ...