WBUR, September 14, New Study Finds Formerly Redlined Neighborhoods Are More At Risk For COVID-19
In collaboration with researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the University of Richmond, the NCRC study found neighborhoods where discriminatory lending practices once limited access to credit for Black, immigrant and poor Americans have higher rates of COVID-19 comorbidities, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and obesity.
“This is no longer an abstract discussion or theoretical discussion,” says Jason Richardson, NCRC’s director of research and evaluation and one of the report’s co-authors. “Redlined areas mean that people die a lot more frequently from COVID-19.”
