Most Districts in US Cities Are Unaffordable for Black Residents

Most Districts in US Cities Are Unaffordable for Black Residents

Most Districts in U.S. Cities , Are Unaffordable for Black Residents.

'The Guardian' reports over 90% of districts within large U.S. cities are pricing out their Black residents.

A new study on the nation's housing crisis, conducted by the National Equity Atlas, compared median rent and wages in 100 of the most-populated cities in America.

The study's findings paint a bleak picture of racial inequality and an increasing shortage of affordable housing.

Merely 7% of zip codes in metro areas were affordable to Black residents.

In comparison, 69% of zip codes were affordable to white residents.

The study found that 48 U.S. metro areas had no districts affordable to Black residents.

Longstanding patterns of racial segregation are deepening.

, Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.

Low-income Black and brown households are being pushed out of their neighborhoods… , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.

...and confined to the outskirts of what are otherwise prosperous cities.

, Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.

As COVID-19 eviction protections start to expire, experts say they expect housing inequality to worsen