housing

Minority Housing is Worth Less than White People’s Housing

The Boston Globe wanted to write about housing discrimination, again. But it is not news: “The data from Zillow, which were first reported by Axios, show Black-owned homes are valued at 18 percent less than white homes in Boston, and Latino-owned homes at 14 percent less. The data for Black homes in Boston mirror nationwide disparities,

By Rona|2024-03-20T07:40:38-04:00March 20th, 2024|Categories: Discrimination|Tags: anti-racism, discrimination, Fair Housing, housing, Richard Rothstein, wealth|

Bidding wars and better schools

Housing is all about the schools. This created the situation that springtime house hunters face in most areas around Boston. A little perspective: In the book The Two Income Trap, one of the ongoing tropes is that the pressure to send one’s children to “good” schools underlies the competition for houses in well-regarded schools systems.