Black vs. White Homeownership Charts
42% Black Homeownership Rate 2017
30% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 2017
30% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 2017
Accordingly, to the Urban Institute between Black and White families in the US is bigger today than it was when it was legal to refuse to sell someone a home because of the color of their skin.
30% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 2017
30% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 2017
30% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 2017
In 1960, there was a 27-point gap between Black homeownership (38%) and White homeownership (65%). Today the gap is even wider.
27% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 1960
30% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 2017
27% Gap Between Black & White Homeownership Rate in 1960
The gains made in the three decades after the 1968 Fair Housing Act were erased after 2000, as forces within and beyond the housing market aligned to reduce the Black homeownership rate.