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Brooklyn
fromNY Carib News
1 week ago

Brooklyn, NYC - Rally to Strengthen Black Homeownership in the Borough

Protecting and strengthening Black homeownership in Brooklyn is urgent due to displacement, deed theft, and rising housing costs threatening generational wealth.
NYC real estate
fromCity Limits
2 weeks ago

One Block, Five Flips: How House Flipping is Transforming Neighborhoods Like South Jamaica

Many outer-borough homes are flipped quickly for large markups, raising concerns about predatory tactics targeting Black homeowners as housing costs tighten.
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Op-Ed | Black homeownership is on the line, NYC must protect it | amNewYork

For generations in New York's Black community, it has represented stability in the face of uncertainty, dignity in the face of exclusion, and a pathway to something our ancestors were systematically denied: intergenerational wealth. When Council Member Chi Osse was arrested while protesting an eviction stemming from deed theft, it shed light on one of the many crises that have plagued homeowners for years.
NYC real estate
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

NAREB affordable homeownership bus tour targets Black homeownership gap

NAREB launched an Affordable Homeownership Bus Tour to address the Black homeownership gap through education and resources in eight U.S. cities.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Rosa Parks' vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies | Bernadette Atuahene

Racist policies—covenants, redlining, urban renewal, predatory lending, and tax administration—systematically blocked Black homeownership and wealth despite economic gains.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
6 months ago

A rising threat to homeownership: How heirs' property undermines affordable housing

Heirs' property legal gaps enable forced sales that strip Black families of homes and generational wealth through unclear ownership documentation and partition sales.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
8 months ago

Homeownership among Black Americans drops to 4-year low

Black homeownership declined sharply year-over-year, the steepest drop since Q3 2021, driven by rising Black unemployment, federal layoffs, and dismantled DEI programs.
Brooklyn
fromBKReader
11 months ago

Medgar Evers Center Leads Charge to Protect Black Homeownership in Brooklyn

The decline in Black homeownership in NYC is alarming, with rates dropping significantly due to various socioeconomic factors.
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