Directionsmag.com, May 11, 2022, Understanding Redlining in America through GIS
If you live in the United States, it’s likely that you live in an area that was highly segregated by race and economic status in the early 20th century. Neighborhoods have become more diverse since the 1900s, but the original composition of neighborhoods can be long-lasting, and in some areas things have not changed much at all. In the 21st century, most of the larger cities in the United States tend to be highly racially and ethnically diverse.
According to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, 74% of the neighborhoods that the HOLC graded as high risk, or “Hazardous,” in the early 1940s are low-to-moderate income today. Almost 64% of these so-called “Hazardous” neighborhoods are majority minority neighborhoods today. We know this because of multiple projects around the country dedicated to identifying, documenting, and mapping these neighborhoods and the individual properties and associated deeds.
