Revealed: Inequality And Urban Flight Were Products Of The Federal Government.

If you believe sprawl just magically happened, here's something that visually suggests otherwise.

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November 19, 2016, 9:00 AM PST

Los Angeles in 1939, as determined by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC).

Mapping Inequality offers unprecedented online access to the national collection of "security maps" produced between 1935 and 1940, that doomed thousands of inner city neighborhoods to the negative effect of redlining.

FULL STORY: Redlining Our Urban Neighborhoods And Real Estate To Ruin

Thursday, November 17, 2016 in Modern Cities

Community / Economic Development United States Gentrification Redlining Urban Neighborhoods Affordable Housing Economic Inequality Income Inequality Racial Inequality White Flight View More

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