Demobilization of the Individualistic Bias: Housing Market Discrimination as a Contributor to Labor Market and Economic Inequality

Gregory D. Squires
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Gregory D. Squires: Department of Sociology at George Washington University

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007, vol. 609, issue 1, 200-214

Abstract: Racial discrimination in the nation's housing markets and patterns of residential segregation have contributed to labor market inequalities and economic disparities generally. Housing values are suppressed in minority communities, undercutting wealth accumulation by nonwhite families. Job growth in suburban communities coupled with the concentration of public housing in central city communities restricts minority access to jobs. A range of institutionalized practices by housing providers and public policies by government agencies at all levels have nurtured and exacerbated racial inequalities grounded in traditional stereotypes. But a number of policy options are available to ameliorate these inequities. Eschewing individualistic explanations of racial inequality that point to personal deficiencies and cultural characteristics of minority communities, these policy recommendations—premised on a structural perspective—offer promise for reducing racial inequities in housing and related economic disparities.

Keywords: segregation; steering; exclusionary zoning; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716206294953

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