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To understand homeownership inequities today, Bernadette Atuahene takes us back generations
Manage episode 470181204 series 2815386
Bernadette Atuahene initially moved to Detroit, Michigan to study squatters rights. But she discovered a more urgent issue once there— that many Black residents were losing their homes.
The reason was property tax foreclosure, and it came as a result of property taxes that were illegally inflated. It’s one of several racist housing policies that shapes who does or doesn’t have generational wealth in the U.S.
This hour, we’re talking about government policies that impact the homes and neighborhoods people live in.
GUEST:
Bernadette Atuahene: Professor of Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Her new book is Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
239 episodes
Manage episode 470181204 series 2815386
Bernadette Atuahene initially moved to Detroit, Michigan to study squatters rights. But she discovered a more urgent issue once there— that many Black residents were losing their homes.
The reason was property tax foreclosure, and it came as a result of property taxes that were illegally inflated. It’s one of several racist housing policies that shapes who does or doesn’t have generational wealth in the U.S.
This hour, we’re talking about government policies that impact the homes and neighborhoods people live in.
GUEST:
Bernadette Atuahene: Professor of Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Her new book is Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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