We Built This: Consequences of New Deal Era Intervention in America’s Racial Geography
Title
We Built This: Consequences of New Deal Era Intervention in America’s Racial Geography
Creator
Jacob W. Faber
Description
The contemporary practice of homeownership in the United States was born out of government programs adopted during the New Deal. The Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)—and later the Federal Housing Administration and GI Bill—expanded home buying opportunity, although in segregationist fashion. Through mechanisms such as redlining, these policies fueled white suburbanization and black ghettoization, while laying the foundation for the racial wealth gap...
Faber, Jacob W. 2020. “We Built This: Consequences of New Deal Era Intervention in America’s Racial Geography.” American Sociological Review 85 (5): 739–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122420948464.
