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Taking Steps Toward Homeownership

Buying a home may not be as out of reach as you think…even in this market

Bank of America Introduces Affordable Loan Solution for Black and Hispanic communities

This week, the Bank of America launched one of the largest private initiatives aimed specifically at uplifting the underserved communities through cheap home ownership.

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Top 5 Housing Markets Best Spots

Airbnb Announces a Permanent Ban on Parties.

Based on these developments, instituting a global ban on parties and events is in the best interest of public health.”

Are People Using Bitcoin for House Purchase in the future?

Bitcoin is getting more common for use in traditional means of buying items such as property.

Gentrification in the Black communities and how it is affecting real estate

While gentrification produces such clashes between neighbors and more "order maintenance" enforcement, it is not the issue's root

Evictions Are Back and Black Renters Are Suffering the Most

Low-income tenants who are displaced are generally forced into low–quality housing in poorer and higher-crime neighborhoods. Evictions cause psychological trauma, increase the likelihood of suicide, increase emergency room usage, decrease credit access, and lead to homelessness. This problem is especially traumatizing for children, impacting their emotional, social, and physical well-being, and increasing the likelihood of lead poisoning, food insecurity, and issues with academic performance.

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Nonprofit sets sights on helping 9,000 Black families own a home

In 2004, David McGee set out with a vision to help Black families own a home. The former banker and financial consultant launched Build Wealth MN, a nonprofit organization dedicated to doing just that. Eighteen years, and over 3,000 homes and families later, he is just getting started.

Southeast Homeowners Displaced As Homes Crumble After New Developments

In Fairlawn, a new, illegally built school plans for expansion despite homes caving and decreasing property values. A few blocks away a home for returning citizens collapsed. The same day developers ask, “Do you want to sell it to us now?”

Black America deserves its fair share of the American Dream:

While it is encouraging that this new research documents real-life bargains and locales to access the American Dream of homeownership, mortgage lenders must clearly account for their reasons to deny Black Americans owning their own piece of America.

The Struggle for Fair Housing in the U.S.

Featured Photo: In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny loans to applicants of color than white ones – even when you take into account how much money they make and how much they want to borrow.

Why are the Housing prices increasing Heading into 2022?

Elderly Woman May Lose Home Owned by Family for Almost 100 Years

Our House: Keeping Homes Black-Owned in D.C.’s Ward 7 and 8

Gentrification Blamed for Violence in D.C.

Are Opportunity Zones a blessing or a curse?

Opportunity Zones can truly be a blessing for marginalized communities. If we mobilize financial professionals, real estate investors and entrepreneurs, we can take advantage of the massive opportunity. We can develop a team of investors – who either come from or currently live within the zones – that understands what our neighborhoods are missing.

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