Search Results: redlining

Low Opportunity Areas Often Decades in the Making, But Solutions Are There

By Bethany Erickson / October 7, 2018 /

…flip through various overlays that vary from economic factors, demographics, education, and more. But first I compared two maps — the Opportunity Index Map and the Redlining Map — and…

Latino Center for Leadership Development Hosts Gentefication Panel at Fair Park

By Jon Anderson / February 1, 2018 /

…was subjected to redlining, which crippled values for decades when mortgages weren’t written by banks. Keeping residents in their homes and businesses during gentrification can quickly catch them up with…

Real Estate Still Waiting For Its Own Black Friday

By Jon Anderson / November 28, 2017 /

…in my Southern Dallas Buyer’s Guide series … it’s very close to downtown, decent light rail service, and really affordable. Couple that with minority areas still shaking off redlining, the…

And Now, the Hard Work of Righting Dallas’ Racial Wrongs Actually Begins

By Bethany Erickson / October 1, 2017 /

…rates. But poverty looks different in every school. And in many of the schools, the poverty is multi-generational and steeped in age-old policies like redlining. If you want a real…

Toll Brothers Mired in City Council Quicksand And Water Carrying

By Jon Anderson / September 28, 2017 /

…can’t use developers to do your job and take the heat from neighborhoods who (wrongly) fought hard over the last 40 years for economic redlining to keep people of lesser…