Confronting the harm of housing discrimination

Homes for Equity collaborators completed The Past is Not Past: Confronting the Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Roxbury, a two-part series on both ends of Fair Housing Month exploring homebuying discrimination. We're grateful to the Roxbury residents who shared their stories, including Norm Stembridge, Barbara Toney, Sharif Abdal-Khallaq, Beverly Mills, and Maia Raynor.

Homes for Equity (HFE) is a pilot to build wealth through homeownership for Black people who have experienced housing discrimination. Its goal is to help to close the racial wealth and homeownership gaps. HFE conducted extensive research that documented egregious housing discrimination in Roxbury. Residents participated in oral history interviews to bring their homebuying experiences to the community.