Black family’s home appraisal goes up $92,000 after they removed all signs of their race
A Cincinnati family learned about the racism within housing appraisal journey. Erica Parker attempted to hide all signs of their race and tried to hide this from her daughters. However, after her 6-year-old saw her mother taking down her superhero drawings, she had to ask her mother why.
“I had to just talk to her,” Parker told LEX18, the NBC affiliate in Lexington, KY. “And say, you know…we’ve talked about this before. Sometimes because of the color of our skin, we get treated differently.”
In a video recorded explaining the incident, Parker explained what it felt like having to “whitewash” her Loveland, OH, home to ensure the appraisal was fair.
The Parkers were attempting to sell their home and believed they were being victimized in a widespread problem known as “appraisal discrimination.” The ongoing issue often times targets families of color when their homes are valued for less than their worth due to their race.
Parker’s husband, Aaron Parker, called out the long history of appraisal discrimination in the country. “if our parents know about it. our grandparents know about it. and friends and family. it’s systemic,” he said. After working with one appraiser who valued their home much lower than they believed it was worth. The family then hired their own appraiser who came back with a price of $92,000 higher than the previous.
“I went from like crying to angry to crying, I went back and forth,” Erica Parker said. “I didn’t really stay in one walk-through too long. My husband was focused because he’s like, I knew it. I know it was wrong.’”
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