Most Districts in U.S. Cities , Are Unaffordable for Black Residents.<br />'The Guardian' reports over 90% of <br />districts within large U.S. cities are <br />pricing out their Black residents.<br />A new study on the nation's <br />housing crisis, conducted by the National Equity Atlas, compared median rent and wages in <br />100 of the most-populated cities in America.<br />The study's findings paint a bleak picture <br />of racial inequality and an increasing <br />shortage of affordable housing.<br />Merely 7% of zip codes in metro areas <br />were affordable to Black residents.<br />In comparison, 69% of zip codes <br />were affordable to white residents.<br />The study found that 48 U.S. metro areas had no districts affordable to Black residents.<br />Longstanding patterns<br />of racial segregation <br />are deepening. , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and <br />director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.<br />Low-income Black and brown households are being pushed out of their neighborhoods… , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and <br />director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.<br />...and confined <br />to the outskirts of <br />what are otherwise <br />prosperous cities. , Rasheeda Phillips, co-author of the report and <br />director of housing at PolicyLink, via ‘The Guardian’.<br />As COVID-19 eviction protections start <br />to expire, experts say they expect <br />housing inequality to worsen
