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.