Redlining created historic barriers to homeownership for people of color and contributed to the segregation we still see today. The practice was in use from the 1930s to 1968. It’s named for the maps that the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation drew to indicate largely Black and brown neighborhoods that the organization deemed too be too risky for home loans. Redlining stemmed from efforts to promote housing stability during the Great Depression. But the way those efforts were carried out was

Redlining began in the 1930s when federal housing maps labeled Black neighborhoods as “high risk,” blocking families from home loans, wealth-building, and equal opportunity. Though outlawed in 1968, the legacy of redlining still shapes Black communities today through mortgage discrimination, lower home valuations, underfunded schools, and environmental injustice. This post exposes how the system never truly ended — it simply evolved. | Stanley Blackburn