New Studies On Race And Housing

4 June 2002 - 9:00am

Four new studies on housing in Chicago, Boston, and San Diego examine the changing racial landscape based on 2000 Census data.

The collaborative study by The Civil Rights Project (CRP) and a leading housing expert from The John F. Kennedy School of Government finds a small number of communities are becoming increasingly white as gentrification is occurring and some multi-racial communities are developing. One conclusion: Communities need to address concerns about equity and access to adequate housing, transportation and employment opportunities, and to coordinate regionally to begin to deal effectively with a more complex metropolitan space.

Source: Harvard University, June 4, 2002
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