In the Twin Cities, Affordable Homeownership Is Increasingly Inaccessible for Black Families [housingmatters.org]
By Yonah Freemark, Eleanor Noble, Yipeng Su, Kimberly Burrowes, Housing Matters, June 23, 2021 Homeownership is the key way most middle-class Americans build family wealth . And homeownership is especially important for Black families, whose wealth is more closely linked to homeownership than white families. Far more than stocks, bonds, or other investments, home purchasing offers people a place to invest their equity in something permanent, which, in many cases, gains value over time. But...