BHI Network Policy Resources
Reports, links, and other advocacy resources for Black homeownership policy.
Reports
Improving Homeownership Rates for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Washington: Recommendations from the Homeownership Disparities Work Group. Washington State Department of Commerce, 2022.
Increasing Black Homeownership in the Puget Sound Region in 7 Focus Areas. Black Home Initiative, 2021.
Recordings
Covenant Homeownership Act
Covenant Homeownership Account & Program (Washington State Housing Finance Commission)
Further Reading
- Why Housing Discrimination Is Worse Today Than It Was In The 1960s – King 5 News Story
- Improving Homeownership Rates for Black, Indigenous and People of Color in Washington
- Home Appraised With a Black Owner: $472,000. With a White Owner: $750,000
- Explaining the Black-White Homeownership Gap
- Urban Institute Project: Housing Justice Hub
- 3by30 – The Black Homeownership Collaborative
- Closing the Homeownership Gap Will Require Rooting Systemic Racism Out of Mortgage Underwriting
- Welcome to Project 10X | Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
- BIPOC Homeownership Summit Background (CMHC)
- Racial Wealth Divide in Seattle (Prosperity Now)
- 60% Black Homeownership: A Radical Goal for Black Wealth Development (NCRC)
- Housing Needs Assessment Report (PolicyMap)
- Outcome | Individual Income & Wealth (Boston Consulting Group)
- 2021 State of Housing in Black America (NAREB)
- Black Homeownership Rate Hits Lowest Level Since the 1960s—That’s Unlikely to Change in Pandemic Year 2 (MarketWatch)
- Black Homeownership Pushed by Florida Housing Coalition (The Miami Times)
