We must understand that Black people are not going to build financial wealth in the same ways and with the same tools as white people. Wealth is iterative—and so, wealth built from homeownership today is predicated on the wealth of previous generations.
Locked Out
Recognizing the Full Spectrum of Black Women’s Views on Homeownership Is Key to Progress
To move beyond presenting all Black women as a monolith, we should listen to and learn from their stories. We must recognize that lived experience rarely fits within the simplistic narratives with which our country’s policymakers and officials describe families in poverty—and particularly, Black women-led families in poverty.
Solutions Centering Black Women in Housing
In the Locked Out: Black Women, Wealth, and Homeownership series, members of Insight Center, Springboard to Opportunities, and several expert co-authors connect the lived experiences and dreams of low-income Black women and their perspectives on homeownership to the historic and current policies that fuel our exclusionary housing market to advocate for equitable housing solutions for Black women.
Locked Out: Black Women, Wealth, and Homeownership
Expert co-authors connect the lived experiences, hopes, and dreams of low-income Black women and their perspectives on homeownership to the historical and current policies that fuel our exclusionary housing market.