The coronavirus pandemic did more than reveal the systemic issues within America’s health care system — it pulled the covers back on decades of discrimination and racism that undergird the real estate industry, including redlining and single-family zoning reform.
It also showed us the consequences of those policies in the disproportionate number of minority and low-income communities who have the most to lose if unemployment benefits and eviction moratoriums aren’t extended.
But 2020 also illuminated a way forward through conversations about anti-racism and biased business practices and policy changes, such as the National Association of Realtors’ code of ethics update, which can help correct years of intentional and unintentional wrongdoing.