Historical Context
This U.S. city is used as a key example of long-term housing inequality.
Baltimore(Marylamd)
This type of government-supported housing was often the only option available to low-income families.
Public housing
Limited access to jobs, education, and housing often resulted in this economic condition.
Poverty
This system limited where African Americans could live and kept communities separated.
Segragation
This policy or practice denied Black families access to loans and better neighborhoods.
Redlining
Communities affected by long-term inequality often experienced higher levels of these two social issues.
Crime and drug use
Despite legal progress in the 1970s–1980s, African Americans continued to face this form of unequal treatment in housing and opportunity.
Discrimination
Negative stereotypes about public housing contributed to this major issue affecting building conditions.
lack of government investment
In The Other Wes Moore, differences in this factor help explain the different life outcomes of the two boys.
Environment (or neighborhood conditions)
This problem continued over time because of years of unfair treatment and limited opportunities.
Long-term inequality
The Housing Act of 1937 contributed to inequality by allowing this to continue within housing programs.
Segregation
Poor housing conditions, like those in Murphy Homes, were largely caused by this lack of investment over time.
Underfunding / neglect
This idea explains why African Americans were often forced to live in poorer, neglected neighborhoods.
Unfair housing policies or discrimination in housing
This term describes how government policies and economic limits combined to restrict where people could live.
Housing inequality (or institutional discrimination)
his concept explains how housing inequality is connected to unequal treatment in education, income, and the justice system.
Systemic racism (or structural inequality)