LEARNING AREA: Racial Equity, Real Estate Development
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Representation in the Housing Process: Best Practices for Improving Racial Equity

Author
Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
Year
2022
Description

The political process required to build housing in many communities obstructs the construction of all types of housing–affordable and market-rate. It also disproportionately amplifies the voices of older white homeowners.4 Addressing the housing crisis requires a reorienting of the housing production process to improve housing equity by focusing on representation, participation, inclusive engagement, and recognizing how unrepresentative and privileged voices currently dominate the process.