#restrictivecovenants — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.richmonder.org/for-some-neighborhoods-its-covenants-not-zoning-that-decides-what-gets-built/ “These covenants don't just preserve a neighborhood's aesthetic. They preserve who gets to live there” #RVA #segregation #RestrictiveCovenants #housing #displacement #shortage

https://www.richmonder.org/for-some-neighborhoods-its-covenants-not-zoning-that-decides-what-gets-built/ “These covenants don't just preserve a neighborhood's aesthetic. They preserve who gets to live there” #RVA #segregation #RestrictiveCovenants #housing #displacement #shortage

Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the US

... What Selders found was a racially restrictive covenant in the Prairie Village Homeowners Association property records that says, "None of said land may be conveyed to, used, owned, or occupied by negroes as owners or tenants." The covenant applied to all 1,700 homes in the homeowners association, she said. ...

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1049052531/racial-covenants-housing-discrimination

#race #racism #discrimination #housing #kansas #RestrictiveCovenants #FairHousingAct #BLM

The Newberry and Restrictive Covenants

... The Newberry’s financial agent (who was neither a staff member nor a board member but acted in an official capacity on behalf of the library) authorized multiple restrictive covenants during the 1930s and early 1940s, barring African Americans from renting some Newberry-owned properties. The Near North Side Property Owners Association collaborated with the Chicago Real Estate Board to make it relatively easy on the Newberry and others by providing suggested boilerplate contractual language and sometimes even paying the legal fees associated with executing these restrictive covenants. ...

https://www.newberry.org/newberry-and-restrictive-covenants

#race #racism #restrictiveCovenants #housing #redlining #realEstate #property #ownership #privilege #discrimination #Chicago #NewberryLibrary