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Housing Inequities

Mayor Muriel Bowser Unveils $10M Plan to Increase Black Homeownership

by The Washington Informer April 1, 2022April 5, 2022

On top of lower rates of homeownership among Black residents, the rising housing costs are threatening to widen the gap.

From ‘Beg and Borrow to Bury’, to Creating Black Wealth: The True Power of Insurance

by Eugene Mitchell March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

How Can We Close Our Racial Wealth Gap?

by The Center for Public Integrity March 22, 2022

The Racist History That Helps Explain Our Present Wealth Gap

by The Center for Public Integrity March 15, 2022

Past, Present, and an Unknown Future

by The Center for Public Integrity February 28, 2022

Black Philanthropy Month Is Black Freedom

by The Seattle Medium August 2, 2021August 2, 2021