"I see racism in the market": Brokers get candid on race in a new study

… where real estate brokers have offices how they steer home buyers overtly and otherwise based on the racial makeup of … the common broker practice of upselling and despite federal law barring it continued racial steering where agents avoid … interviewed explicitly acknowledged keeping AfricanAmerican buyers from seeing certain apartments but he like others …

By Nathan Tempey |October 16, 2017 - 12:00PM
Why does infrastructure lag so far behind gentrification?

… transformation bringing change to farther and farther neighborhoods one question remains Why are so many basic … up … The squeaky wheel … If youve ever wondered how you live on a block populated with multimillionaire brownstone … For the community it can become a case of be careful what you wish for says Burkhart Where theres progression …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 30, 2016 - 10:07AM
Redlining: How one racist, Depression-era policy still shapes New York real estate

… housing policy still affects cities today  In 2014 writer TaNehisi Coates dissected the housing policy in his … banks didnt lend there The FHA relied on maps drawn by the Home Owners Loan Corporation HOLC a governmental body Writes … minority neighborhoods ineligible to receive financing for home purchases per  this article from Liberation School At …

By Emily Nonko |December 29, 2016 - 9:36AM
Talking gentrification, and why "New York City is a real estate story," with the director of HBO's "Class Divide"

… with the documentarys director Marc Levin who let us in on his motivations for making the film his personal take on … you originally find your apartment all those years ago and what drew you to the area originally … I had been living in … OG … Yes you can say that When you are young and living in nonresidential area you dont care NYC was on its ass but we …

By Kelly Kreth |October 31, 2016 - 9:59AM