In spring 2024, Homes for Equity (HfE) hosted a two-part community conversation on housing discrimination in Roxbury with Opportunity Communities, Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation, and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) at the Dewitt Center. HfE is a pilot project to build wealth through homeownership for Black people who have experienced housing discrimination. It focuses on two areas key to restorative homeownership: financing and policy changes that allow explicit race-conscious marketing and buyer selection, and greater home equity appreciation to build wealth among buyers of color.
During the two events, the Northeastern team asked participants
“What does repair look like to you?”
Video by Jeta Perjuci.
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Past Events
May 23, 2024 // DeWitt Center
Profiteering Off of Black Families: The Economics of Homebuying Discrimination in Roxbury
The final session of the two-part series: The Past is Not Past: Confronting the Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Roxbury. A panel of narrators shared their homebuying experiences and the economic impact of housing discrimination.
Photo credit: Maria Salim.
March 28, 2024 // DeWitt Center
Aching for A Home: Stories of Homebuying Discrimination in Roxbury
The first session of the two-part series: The Past is Not Past: Confronting the Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Roxbury, Homes for Equity hosted an oral history event at the Dewitt Center, where a panel of narrators shared their experiences around housing discrimination in Boston. See the Boston Globe article here.
Photo credit: Members of the ICA Photography Collective.
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