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

Have you heard of redlining? In this episode of Clarified, we explore the history and impact of the system, and what is being done today to eradicate its effects. | Very Local

Redlining: How Government Drew Maps to Segregate The U.S. government literally drew maps to decide which neighborhoods Black people could live in. In the 1930s, the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) created "security maps" of 250 American cities, color-coding neighborhoods based on racial makeup: Green for white ("Best"), Yellow for declining ("mixed races"), and Red for "Hazardous" where Black people lived. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the National Community Reinvestme