Relatively few Black people benefited in the 1930s and 1940s from mortgages backed by the US government
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TL;DR - Digitized mortgage records from 38 US states reveal that Black households were systematically excluded from federally backed mortgages in the 1930s and 1940s, limiting their access to home ownership and its economic benefits.
- The analysis covers Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration mortgage programs.
- These programs helped establish home ownership as a central feature of US society.
- Black households received disproportionately few government-backed loans.
- Immigrants received mortgages roughly in proportion to their population share.
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Relatively few Black people benefited in the 1930s and 1940s from mortgages backed by the US government
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TL;DR - Digitized mortgage records from 38 US states reveal that Black households were systematically excluded from federally backed mortgages in the 1930s and 1940s, limiting their access to home ownership and its economic benefits.
- The analysis covers Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration mortgage programs.
- These programs helped establish home ownership as a central feature of US society.
- Black households received disproportionately few government-backed loans.
- Immigrants received mortgages roughly in proportion to their population share.