Reposted by Amalie Zinn
Post‑WWII federal mortgage programs often excluded Black borrowers, shaping long‑term gaps in credit and wealth.
EG‑funded research published in @nature.com uses archival records to show who received federal mortgage guarantees.
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Exclusionary federal mortgage lending widened racial wealth gap in the US
A deep dive of federal record-keeping found that government-back lending practices in the 1930's and '40s were biased against Black borrowers, according to a new study published in Nature.