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Has sprawl reduced the black/white suburban homeownership gap?
| Author: |
Kahn, Mathew E. |
| Date: |
2000 |
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In: Fair Growth: Connecting Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Social Equity; 2000 November 1; Atlanta, GA. Washington, DC: Fannie Mae Foundation |
| Abstract: |
Black homeownership rates are lower than white homeownership rates. Blacks are snore likely to live in center cities- than whites. As minority incomes rise over time and as housing barriers fall, there is reason to expect that black suburban homeownership rates will rise. This paper uses 1980 and 1990 micro census data to study whether the black/white gap is shrinking and to identify those metropolitan areas where the greatest relative black progress has taken place. The areas that have sprawled have experienced greater increases in black suburban ownership rates over time. |
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