(BPRW) TEDc CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF HELPING SOLVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS BY BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES Nonprofit Developer – led by a Black Woman – Announces the Launch of Two New Affordable Housing Developments in Miami’s Liberty City (Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – TEDc, a Florida-based nonprofit affordable housing developer, has celebrated 40 years […]
Roots of racial disparities are seen through a new lens in this film that explores the origins of housing segregation in the Minneapolis area. But the story also illustrates how African-American families and leaders resisted this insidious practice, and how Black people built community — within and despite — the red lines that these restrictive […]
(BPRW) CITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN FLORIDA, NAREB CALLS FOR A FEDERAL DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO BOOST BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP NAREB VP Danny Felton: Lack of Intergenerational Wealth Lowers Black Homeownership (Black PR Wire) MIAMI – The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) calls on Congress to enact a major down payment assistance program to help […]
(BPRW) CITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN FLORIDA, NAREB CALLS FOR A FEDERAL DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO BOOST BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP NAREB VP Danny Felton: Lack of Intergenerational Wealth Lowers Black Homeownership (Black PR Wire) MIAMI – The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) calls on Congress to enact a major down payment assistance program to help […]
Queen Latifah went to her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, to build affordable housing for local residents. “I’m a little bit emotional that we got walls up, we got windows,” the actress, TV host and rapper said Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony, according to NorthJersey.com. The townhouse development is put together by BlueSugar Corporation, where […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3 million court judgement against the city, its housing authority and the local school board. State district Judge Nicole Sheppard’s ruling said 5,000 residents are entitled to that total amount for emotional […]
In 1961 during Major League Baseball spring training season, Ralph M. Wimbish, a St. Petersburg, Florida Black American doctor, helped forced city leaders, hotel owners, and league officials to integrate its player housing. This would allow the entire team to live under one roof. Wimbish was born on July 24, 1922, in Cordele, Georgia. Looking for more […]
(BPRW) Esusu and Progress Residential Join Forces to Transform Single-Family Rental Housing Groundbreaking Partnership Will Create New Pathways for Renters to Build Wealth (Black PR Wire) HARLEM, NY AND SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Esusu, the leading financial technology company advancing rent reporting and data solutions for credit building, and Progress Residential, the market leader in single-family […]
(BPRW) Esusu and Progress Residential Join Forces to Transform Single-Family Rental Housing Groundbreaking Partnership Will Create New Pathways for Renters to Build Wealth (Black PR Wire) HARLEM, NY AND SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Esusu, the leading financial technology company advancing rent reporting and data solutions for credit building, and Progress Residential, the market leader in single-family […]
In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today. • Read “How Segregation Shapes Fatal Police Violence” at https://n.pr/2Ic6A1Q • Read or listen to: “‘The Color Of Law’ Details How U.S. Housing Policies Created […]