Most Districts in US Cities Are Unaffordable for Black Residents

Most Districts in U.S. Cities , Are Unaffordable for Black Residents.
'The Guardian' reports over 90% of
districts within large U.S. cities are
pricing out their Black residents.
A new study on the nation's
housing crisis, conducted by the National Equity Atlas, compared median rent and wages in
100 of the most-populated cities in America.
The study's findings paint a bleak picture
of racial inequality and an increasing
shortage of affordable housing.
Merely 7% of zip codes in metro areas
were affordable to Black residents.
In comparison, 69% of zip codes
were affordable to white residents.
The study found that 48 U.S. metro areas had no districts affordable to Black residents.
Longstanding patterns
of racial segregation
are deepening. , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and
director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.
Low-income Black and brown households are being pushed out of their neighborhoods… , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and
director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.
...and confined
to the outskirts of
what are otherwise
prosperous cities. , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and
director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.
As COVID-19 eviction protections start
to expire, experts say they expect
housing inequality to worsen