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Black borrowers received few federal loans in the 1930s and 1940s, study finds

phys.org · 13dShare

Historians have for decades chronicled instances of discriminatory practices under Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration mortgage programs, but the extent of these biases has been unknown. The first national-level analysis of early FHA and VA lending practices, reported in Nature, offers a fuller picture.

First report: Relatively few Black people benefited in the 1930s and 1940s from mortgages backed by the US government — nature.com, 13d