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New Programs Needed to Address Declining Black Homeownership in NYC: Report

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  • Christopher Edwards
    Posted March 30, 2021 at 10:50 am

    The trusty contractors thing was interesting. If black people would stop trying to make it big in the volatile world of entertainment and focused on electrician, carpentry and other hands on skills, we would find it’s more lucrative and sustainable finically. I wish more black people would get into the business of building homes.

  • Kim-Avonne Emmitt
    Posted March 31, 2021 at 4:58 pm

    This is a joke.

    The landlord tenant laws of NYC is a deliberate attempt to keep black people out of homeownership in the city.

    They enact these racists laws with these racist judges…who find every reason not to evict a tenant out of your home where you need the rental income.

    This is not a mystery.

    There is no need for these dumb studies to make the world believe that this city cares: THEY DON’T WANT BLACK PEOPLE LIVING HERE SO THEY MAKE IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE LAWS. And it will only get worse.

    Let me not even elaborate that HOUSING COURT–especially the Bronx, is a joke and a disgrace to jurisprudence.

    How are they allowed to get away with poor excuse for courts and judges? HOW?

  • Stephen J
    Posted August 6, 2021 at 4:41 pm

    As a black person in the buying market in NYC right now I’ve found it be that case that co-ops (of which 70% of NYC housing is) do not accept FHA loans, they do not like 90% financing, they do not want to accept the down payment assistance you’ve arranged, many do not want financing and will only accept all-cash offers, and in some cases they just do not want YOU when they see your name on the offer application. I’m at a wits end trying to buy in Brooklyn or Uptown and they always seem to find a reason not to sell to a black professional with good credit and plenty of funds for closing and maintenance charges. I have to wonder why co-op boards get to have such sweeping discretion when selling an apartment; it seem like a refined way to keep buyers out of buying on purpose. Is this how 97% white neighborhoods like Midwood with affordable purchase prices are staying white in 2021?

  • Carolyn Birden
    Posted August 11, 2021 at 10:04 am

    These remarks asking “why” and “how” tell me you haven’t done any research that led you to Richard Rothstein’s book The Color of Law: A forgotten history of how our government segregated America. The history of collaboration between the courts, the legislaturres, the brokers, the banks, all conspiring to segregate housing openly and blatently, legally, so that Black people for generations have been unable to buy or even rent decent housing, made me ashamed of my country. No wonder some people (the perpetrators of these crimes) don’t want history taught in schools: even fifth graders could understand why they have to live in what is classed a slum. I highly recommend the book to everyone, and if the chapter on “reparations” upsets you, you haven’t read the book to recognize what you are up against. The book is dated 2017 but I’m sure the legal racism has not been significantly improved since then. Read it and weep.

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