The issues on availability of housing in Black and Brown communities continues to be significant. During our first season we first highlighted how COVID impacts Black home ownership. Then, we followed up with an episode on the banking systems complicates loss of housing. Now, Professor Audrey McFarland focused on gentrification, which is a significant issue … Resources on Surviving Gentrification
In our first year of the podcast, Pam Taylor talked with us about declining Black home ownership. Two years later, we are coming back to the issue from a different angle. The cohesiveness of many Black communities are being destroyed yet again! But this time, it’s through gentrification. Professor Audrey McFarland from the University of … Can Black Culture Survive Gentrification
We are including some resources below on banks and community development to supplement the discussion in Episode 2 of our podcast. It continues the discussion on black home ownership. Bob Hunter noted that banks are primarily concerned with risks. Risk calculation itself could also be based on layered institutional racism. Desiree Hunter discussed some of … Banks and Community Development Resources