A Black-White Housing Gap Persists, But One D.C. Woman Persevered And Won
The housing gap between Black and white homeowners has been consistent for decades, and so far it continues to widen.
Black and Hispanic families in the United States are far less likely than white families to own their own homes. It's been that way for decades, but the gap is wider today than it was before passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
This has led to other racial disparities, such as the ability of families to build wealth or to get a good education.
But efforts are being made to close the gap, especially now that the pandemic appears to have exacerbated the divide.
Tasharn Richardson, of Washington, D.C., is among those who needed help to make that big leap from renting to homeownership.
Until recently, the 42-year-old mother of 10 spent her entire life in public or government-subsidized housing. She and her husband, Lionel Richardson, were
